To acquire FlexDeploy DevOps Automation Tool for licensing, installation/implementation support services, training, maintenance support services and supplies.
Overview
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of NIH Business Systems (ONBS), has issued a Special Notice indicating its intent to award a Firm-Fixed Price purchase order to Flexagon, LLC for the FlexDeploy DevOps Automation Tool. This acquisition includes licensing, installation/implementation support, training, maintenance, and supplies. The tool is crucial for automating processes, enhancing release management, security, and quality for NIH Business Systems Cloud (NBSC). Capability statements are due by February 12, 2026, 12:00 p.m. EST.
Scope of Work
This requirement is for the FlexDeploy DevOps Automation Tool, which automates processes with plugins for cloud and infrastructure resources, applications, databases, and middleware. It provides NBSC with capabilities to:
- Build repeatable business strategies.
- Improve release management.
- Enhance security, controls, and governance.
- Increase speed and quality of operations.
Justification for Sole Source
NIH intends to award this on a sole-source basis to Flexagon, LLC, citing FAR Part 6.302-1. The justification highlights that Flexagon, LLC is the only known responsible source. The FlexDeploy tool is already integrated with NIH's SVN and GitHub, and replacing it would negatively impact operational continuity. Furthermore, the cost associated with integrating and transitioning to an alternative tool is deemed prohibitive.
Contract & Timeline
- Contract Type: Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order (intended sole source)
- Set-Aside: Total Small Business (as per metadata, though this is a sole-source notice)
- Response Due: February 12, 2026, 12:00 p.m. EST
- Published Date: February 11, 2026
- Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
Submission & Action
This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. However, interested parties who believe they can fulfill the requirement are invited to submit a written capability statement demonstrating their ability to satisfy the requirement. The Government will determine whether to compete the award based on these responses.
- Submission Method: Email capability statement to veenu.varma@nih.gov.
- Subject Line: Reference "NIH-Flexdeploy".
- Contact: Veenu Varma, veenu.varma@nih.gov, 301-451-9845.