Notice of Intent to Sole Source – IRIS Software

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) issued a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for the purchase of the IRIS software, a proprietary data‑integration and analytics platform that aggregates grant, patent, and publication data for benchmarking research performance. The university’s Biochemistry & Molecular Biology department seeks this tool to enable institution‑wide research impact reporting and national benchmarking, citing that no other vendor offers the same combination of proprietary datasets, analytics, and reporting capabilities. The contract is a single‑award sole‑source solicitation valued at $75,000, with the procurement manager requesting interested parties to notify MUSC by September 23, 2026. • Sole‑source award to Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) for a software license and data services. • Contract amount: $75,000 (fixed‑price). • Procurement driven by unique data‑analytics capabilities not available from any other commercial source.