SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Data Processing and Telecommunication Services
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB210030-9-03637
- Archive Date
- 4/10/2009
- Point of Contact
- Anna B. Suhrie, , Jo-Lynn S Davis,, Phone: 301-975-6337
- E-Mail Address
-
barbara.suhrie@nist.gov, jo-lynn.davis@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with State Net, 2101 K Street Sacramento, CA 95816-4920. In order to comply with NIST counsel recommendation and in order to fulfill the United States’ World Trade Organization (WTO) Member obligation under the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT), NIST-National Center for Standards and Certification Information (NCSCI), (acting in its capacity as the U.S. WTO TBT Notification Authority) is required to notify the World Trade Organization of changes in U.S. technical regulations and conformity assessment rules at the Federal and sub-Federal (State) level. To fulfill this obligation, NCSCI proposes to purchase a specialized legislation and regulations information service, State Net, to monitor, process, and transmit proposed State regulations from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This comprehensive and searchable electronic tool is required to accomplish state-level monitoring because: -although some states provide electronic access to regulatory information, over 60 websites would need to be monitored daily for state regulatory information; -not all of the states’ regulatory information is available electronically, multiple subscriptions to paper registers would be required (with costs for subscriptions, cost of time spent searching for relevant items, cost of filing and storing information for future use); -all states, DC, and the Federal Register could be monitored with one tool; -the service is Internet based with unlimited access; -contains full texts of all regulations as needed for notifications; -is updated daily; -is searchable; and -customized issue screening and reporting is required due to the volume of materials to be reviewed. State Net is the only legislative and regulatory service that currently provides screening and reporting services in addition to customer access to the database. State Net is the only legislative and regulatory service that currently provides screening and reporting services in addition to customer access to the database. A fixed price purchase order will be issued on or about April 1, 2009. The Government intends to solicit only this one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). Interested concerns may identify their capabilities by submitting a capability statement that demonstrates in written narrative format their ability to meet the requirement and objectives as described in this synopsis. Capability statements may be emailed to Barbara.Suhrie@nist.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice is not a request for quotation. A determination by the Government whether to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government.
- Web Link
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FedBizOpps Complete View
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN01770947-W 20090319/090317220055-144eb3786864fe1aed02da2533ccfd47 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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