# Notice of Intent to Sole Source – CareWare License Maintenance Contract

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/noiod26004905

- Solicitation number: NOI-OD-26-004905
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: No response deadline
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health Olao (75N980)
- NAICS: 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- 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: May 7, 2026
- Last posted: May 7, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b63dbec8f988483d8e72381c862f3371/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. This procurement is for a one-year (07/01/2026 – 06/30/2027) contract to provide continued licensing, maintenance, and support for the Careware Nurse Self-Scheduling and Productivity System currently deployed within the NIH Clinical Center Nursing Department.

This system improves efficiency in generating monthly staff schedules and provides critical data to support budgetary planning and staffing decisions. This is a sole source requirement to ensure uninterrupted system availability and operational continuity.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 –Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the NIH, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Ryssa Nix, Contract Specialist via email to Ryssa.nix@nih.gov by close date.

**Notice Type:**

**Notice of Intent NAICS Code:**

**541512 PSC Code:**

**D301 Posted Date:**

**05/07/2026 Close Date:**

**05/14/2026 12pm EST End User IC:**

**Clinical Center POC Name:**

**Ryssa Nix Email Address:** Ryssa.nix@nih.gov

## Publications

- May 7, 2026: Presolicitation. Notice b63dbec8f988483d8e72381c862f3371. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b63dbec8f988483d8e72381c862f3371/view

## Points of contact

- Chris Ryssa Nix, ryssa.nix@nih.gov

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