Journal Submission and Web Hosting – Journal of Replication and Reproducibility

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is issuing a Small‑Business Sources Sought notice (NAICS 513120) for a fully integrated, third‑party hosted platform to support the Journal of Replication and Reproducibility (JRR). The platform must provide end‑to‑end journal submission, manuscript review, preprint posting (with DOI registration and clear “preprint” labeling), XML publishing, code‑repository hosting, containerized software environments, and robust web‑hosting services that meet 508/WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards. Additional requirements include monthly table‑of‑contents email alerts, annual reports on storage, bandwidth, and article metrics, integration with Google Analytics and alternative‑metric plugins (Altmetric, Dimensions), and provision of Zoom or Teams conference‑call support. The contractor must assign a primary customer‑support representative (with backup), deliver privacy threshold analysis, security assessment and authorization, and submit regular usage‑statistics reports. Responses are limited to Small Business concerns and must include a tailored capability statement, an interest statement, three sets of three brief descriptions of relevant prime‑contract work performed in the past three years, a comparable‑scope description, and narratives on prime‑contract experience and ability to meet development and technical objectives. Submissions are due electronically by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 20 July 2026 in Microsoft Word or searchable PDF, with “75N98026SSN00756” in the email subject line and must contain SSN Part A (business identification) and Part B (capability/experience).

Notice ID

df64cfc7a33348f1b5bbaef96c74160d

Solicitation Number

75N98026SSN00756

NAICS Code

513120

Classification Code

7630