Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services, OMAS Strategic Buying Center - Information Technology, on behalf of the NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Division of Intramural Research Programs Data Science and Sharing Team (DSST), is procuring software development services under solicitation 26-000455. The contractor will extend the DSST-developed LabAPI and ArchiveFlow open-source software stack into a production-ready web application that integrates Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) workflows, including a browser-based front end, pluggable ELN backend support (LabArchives or eLabFTW), generalized Pydantic-validated schemas, Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) packaging, and DANDI Archive uploads. Responses are due by 6:00 PM EDT on July 27, 2026, with a virtual pre-submission meeting scheduled for August 5, 2026.