Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Articulate Global

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The purpose of this acquisition is to renew Articulate 360 suite of e-learning authoring tools software licenses for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Nursing Department.

• Product Service Code: DA10 - IT and telecom - business application/application development software as a service

• NAICS Code: 513210 – Software Publishers

• Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

POTS: 25-002821

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 Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Articulate Global, LLC, located at 355 5th Ave. Suite 2960, New York, NY 10001, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide Articulate 360 license renewals to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Nursing Department.

Below is a description of the item(s):

Description: Subscription: ART-1242868; Legacy Subscription: SUB-1242868 for 12 Months

Jan 28, 2025 – Jan 27, 2026

Units: Each

Quantity: 26

Catalog: N/A

The NIH Clinical Center Nursing Department Program Director for Nursing Professional Development completed a review of e-learning authoring tool products using online resources. From that review and comparison, Articulate 360 was found to be the only vendor who provided a suite of customizable tools to meet the needs of novice to proficient content developers. In addition, since 2015 the Nursing Department has developed a wealth of experience using the Articulate 360 suite of e-learning authoring tools. Over 60 online courses have been developed by the Nursing Department using this software. These courses will continue to need maintenance and updates. Without Articulate 360, the Clinical Center would have to start from scratch with a new vendor’s software in order to make changes to 60 + online courses. This would significantly impact on the Clinical Center’s ability to make updates to existing LMS courses and provide them in a reasonable time-frame to the clinical staff.

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.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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 Kristin Nagashima, Contract Specialist via email to Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by January 17, 2025 at 5pm EST.

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