# Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Blackford Analysis

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/noicc25002085

- Solicitation number: NOI-CC-25-002085
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: No response deadline
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health - CC (75N900)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Place of performance: Bethesda, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Bethesda. https://abierto.us/cities/bethesda-md-2407125
- First posted: December 13, 2024
- Last posted: December 13, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9c4a4ce6d70349f98b3e44e5ba130d87/view

## Description

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (CC) intends to award a purchase order to BLACKFORD ANALYSIS LIMITED, Level 4 160 Causewayside Edinburgh EH9 1PR, United Kingdom on a sole source basis to deploy algorithms and applications across the clinical radiology workflow via the Blackford Platform and provide associated services.

**Scope of Work:**

**The Platform:** • Hosts multiple AI and traditional algorithms to process images. • Automatically determines which algorithms are relevant to run given anatomical and clinical indications available in the RIS order or DICOM headers. • Allows manual routing of studies from modalities, routers, PACS, and any other DICOM entity to trigger specific algorithms. • Integrates into the existing PACS and the rest of radiology IT architecture without noticeably impairing performance for Clinical users regardless of site study volume. • Provides a web-based monitoring solution that allows users and support teams to assess performance and number of studies being processed by each algorithm. • Deploys via onsite hardware, securely in the cloud, or a combination of both technologies.

## Publications

- December 13, 2024: Special notice. Notice 9c4a4ce6d70349f98b3e44e5ba130d87. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9c4a4ce6d70349f98b3e44e5ba130d87/view

## Points of contact

- Christopher Lauver, christopher.lauver@nih.gov

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