# SAM #IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0056
Sole Source Contract for Data Innovations Instrument Manager Middleware at Wright-Patterson AFB
**Buyer:** Department of Defense
**Posted:** September 24, 2026
**Respond By:** September 25, 2026
**Identifier:** IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0056
**NAICS:** 541519
This opportunity is for a sole source contract to provide laboratory middleware software at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, specifically for the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Laboratory.
- The requirement is for Data Innovations Instrument Manager Middleware, a proprietary software platform.
- Locked Core Tech LLC is the sole authorized reseller and will deliver the solution.
- The middleware must interface multiple diagnostic analyzers (ASI Evolution Automated RPR Test systems, Luminex Magpix systems, Agilent 6495D Triple Quadrupole LC/MS system) with the Defense Health Agency's MHS GENESIS EMR system.
- Features required include bidirectional communication, auto-verification rules engine, quality control modules, specimen tracking, installation, training for at least 2 personnel, and 24/7 technical support.
- The contract is for a 12-month period, covering software licenses, implementation, training, and support.
- The estimated contract value is $144,240.58.
- The procurement is classified under NAICS code 541519 (Other Computer Related Services).
- Responses may be considered to determine if a competitive procurement is warranted, but this is not a request for competitive proposals.
- Data Innovations is the OEM; Locked Core Tech LLC is the vendor.
- Competing products could include middleware solutions from Abbott Informatics, Orchard Software, and Siemens Healthineers.
**Product Line Items:**
- Laboratory Middleware Software Platform License (1)
- Instrument Manager software and specialized connectivity drivers (Data Innovations)
**Service Line Items:**
- Implementation Services (installation, driver configuration, rules building, interface testing, go-live support)
- Training for Key Personnel (2)
- Software Support and Maintenance (24/7/365 critical issue support, updates, patches, upgrades)
**Period of Performance:**
- 12 months from award, covering all software, implementation, training, and support.
### Description
This requirement is for Data Innovations Instrument Manager Middleware at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 541519 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRLRIZ), WPAFB, OH contemplates awarding a single source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.201-2 to Locked Core Tech LLC. Please see the attachments to this notice for additional details. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any responses should be e-mailed to the buyer at EMAIL no later than 25 September 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. All questions should be directed to the buyer at michael.hornberger.1@us.af.mil.
Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “DI Instrument Manager Middleware” Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments by e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or. xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.
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