SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Chemical Inventory Management System
- Notice Date
- 5/28/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- 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
- NB151020-15-02754
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2015
- Point of Contact
- Erik Frycklund, Phone: 3019756176
- E-Mail Address
-
erik.frycklund@nist.gov
(erik.frycklund@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with BIOVIA, INC., located at 5005 Wateridge Vista Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 to purchase an annual agreement for maintenance and technical support of the CisPro Chemical Inventory Management System in use at NIST, and with the possibility of 3 additional option periods. Anticipated cost shall not exceed $128,000.00. Sole Source justification is based on the following: The NIST Office of Safety Health and Environment (OSHE) proposes to purchase maintenance and technical support for the current NIST owned CISPro Chemical Inventory Management System from Biovia, Inc. (formerly Accelrys, Inc, formerly Chem SW, Inc.) CISPro is a relational database that has been customized for chemical inventories that provides the following outcomes. • Tracking individual chemical containers through bar coding, • Storing material safety data sheets and other hazard information for each chemical, • Providing critical hazardous material inventory information for emergency responders, and • Generating reports required for mandatory regulatory compliance. Biovia, Inc. is the sole source and sole provider of maintenance and support for CISPro. Utilizing another chemical inventory software package is not possible at this time for NIST. Transitioning to an alternate software system would result in the following: • Costs of $200,000 or more for the purchase of a new software package duplicating expenses previously paid for CISPro, • Extensive efforts to retrain over 900 chemical inventory users impacting the efficiency of NIST researchers and the completion/risk to ongoing NIST projects, as well as travel related expenses to train users at satellite campuses that utilize the software, • Potential incidents and injuries resulting from a loss of control over the chemical inventory and chemical hazard information during the change of software, • Potential increased risk to emergency responders due to inaccurate accounting of chemical inventories during a transition of software, • Potential violations of the Emergency Preparedness and Community Right to Know Act regulations if NIST is not able to produce accurate regulatory reports during the change of software. For these reasons, NIST intends to enter into a sole source procurement of CISPro maintenance and technical support from Biovia, Inc. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 519130 with a size standard of 500 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by 12:00EST June 1st, 2015, will be considered by the Government. 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 Inquiry POCs erik.frycklund@nist.gov Primary grace.garrity@nist.gov Secondary National Institutes of Standards and Technologies NIST Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Dr. Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
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