SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Notice of Intent – Sole Source: Coordinate Measuring Machine Software
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- 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
- NB821110-A-06684
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2010
- Point of Contact
- Divya Soni, Phone: 3019756394
- E-Mail Address
-
divya.soni@nist.gov
(divya.soni@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice Type: Notice of Intent - Sole Source The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the NIST Large Scale Coordinate Metrology Group, intends to negotiate with Hexagon Metrology Inc.; North Kingstown, RI, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b), Soliciting from a Single Source, to provide the services described below. Background: The NIST Large Scale Coordinate Metrology Group (LSCMG) is in need of a new software package for one of its coordinate measuring machines (the "REI CMM"). There is no longer technical support for the machine's current software and NIST needs the replacement software to match the existing software that is run on its other coordinate measuring machine (the "RS-5 CMM"). Currently installed on the RS-5 CMM is PC-DMIS software. The manufacturer is Wilcox Associates, Inc., and recent market research shows that the software package is only available through its parent company and distributor Hexagon Metrology. Running PC-DMIS on the REI CMM will allow group members to become efficient using a single software package, and be able to run either machine. Since many members of the group have already been trained in the use of PC-DMIS software, and have used it extensively since that training period, LSCMG will be able to run the REI CMM immediately once the new software is installed. Learning a new software package will require many hours of training to learn to run the software efficiently and effectively. NIST has already put a high-degree of time into learning and gaining expertise in using the current software. The NAICS Code is 334513. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Hexagon Metrology for this requirement. Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST and are authorized by Hexagon Metrology to do so may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before September 3, 2010 at 5 pm EST. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Divya Soni at divya.soni@nist.gov. Contracting Office Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1640 Place of Performance: 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 United States Primary Point of Contact: Divya Soni Contract Specialist Udivya.soni@nist.gov Phone: 301-975-6394 Fax: 301-975-8904
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