# Telecor QML middleware (Notice of Intent to Sole Source)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/noicc26000843

- Solicitation number: NOI-CC-26-000843
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Awarded to Telcor Inc.
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health - CC (75N900)
- NAICS: 513210 Software Publishers
- Product or service code: 7A20 Application development software delivered by perpetual license, consisting of analysis, design, development, code, test and release packages associated with application development projects.
- 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: January 30, 2026
- Last posted: January 30, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e98f2238f5f4757a1250a870e4c39d6/view

## Description

**Acquisition Description:** This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (NIH-CC) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Telecor Inc. The NIH's Department of Clinical Research Informatics (DCRI) is responsible for the network infrastructure that supports the technology of all mainframe and desktop computers, and the management and development of applications and databases.

The NIH Clinical Center (CC) provides complex inpatient and outpatient care and supports extensive biomedical research. The hospital’s Point-of-Care (POC) program enables immediate diagnostic testing using bedside analyzers that connect to the hospital’s Laboratory Information System (LIS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR). The Clinical Center relies on the Telcor QML® middleware system to manage all POC device interfaces, capturing and transmitting patient test results securely to Soft LIS and CRIS.

Annual renewal of software support and interface licenses from Telcor, Inc. is required to maintain uninterrupted operation and compliance with CAP, CLIA, and NIH IT security standards.

**Justification:** The NIH Clinical Center uses Telcor QML® as the central middleware system for all point-of-care testing interfaces. The QML software integrates hundreds of decentralized testing instruments with NIH’s clinical systems. Because QML® is proprietary and licensed exclusively by Telcor, Inc., only the OEM can provide authorized software maintenance, updates, and technical support.

Replacing this system would require redevelopment of the entire middleware architecture, extensive revalidation, and unacceptable downtime of critical patient care systems. Other middleware vendors including Orchard Trellis, Data Innovations, and Siemens RAPIDComm provide systems that are not compatible with the Telcor QML middleware environment currently being used. Telcor, Inc. is currently a direct seller and they do not have resellers.

**Requirement:** Telecor QML Middleware See Bill of Materials.

**Place of Performance or Delivery:** The Period of Performance is:

**01/01/2026 – 12/31/2026 Place of Performance:** NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide the required may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-CC-26-000843) by 09:00 AM eastern standard time on 02/05/2026 to:

lu-chang.lu@nih.gov All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Telcor Inc. (UEI K5BYGBNGABR9)
- Contract: 75N98026P00013, purchase order
- Obligated: $44,519.07
- Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number NOICC26000843 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 7529 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75N98026P00013_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- January 30, 2026: Presolicitation, due February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM EST. Notice 0e98f2238f5f4757a1250a870e4c39d6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e98f2238f5f4757a1250a870e4c39d6/view

## Points of contact

- Lu Chang, lu-chang.lu@nih.gov

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