SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Software Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB647000-14-02089
- Archive Date
- 9/20/2014
- Point of Contact
- Sylveita Garice Jones, Phone: 3019756174, Robert J. Singman, Phone: 3019756388
- E-Mail Address
-
sylveita.jones@nist.gov, robert.singman@nist.gov
(sylveita.jones@nist.gov, robert.singman@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESCRIPTION: The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Bioptigen, of Durham, NC for the purchase of an Optical Coherence Tomography Upgrade for the existing Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) hardware by Bioptigen Inc under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR 13.106 (b). Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements: A sole source determination is based on the following: Only MTS can meet our technical requirements for software upgrade that is compatible with the currently existing MTS Controller operating the load frames at NIST. Specifically no other vendor can meet the NIST requirements for: MTS TestSuite software upgrade. The software requested in this procurement is proprietary and only available through MTS Systems. Proper and up-to-date software for MTS Load Frames can be rendered by MTS Systems only; no other vendor is authorized the sale of the controller software written for MTS equipment. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219, and the size standard is $35.5 mil. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 12:00 p.m. (EST) on September 5, 2014. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Sylveita.Jones@nist.gov No telephone requests will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB647000-14-02089/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- Zip Code: 80305-3328
- Zip Code: 80305-3328
- Record
- SN03489575-W 20140831/140829235817-49a89e35381072fa66388976cfad8d4b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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