SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Moropho Biometric Search Services (MorphoBSS) - Latent Testbed Matching Services
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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
- NB774030-15-04683
- Point of Contact
- Chantel Adams, Phone: 3019756338
- E-Mail Address
-
chantel.adams@nist.gov
(chantel.adams@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYNOPSIS: The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) hereby provides notice of its intent to negotiate on a sole source basis with MorphoTrak, LLC, 33405 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, WA 98003, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. A Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition has been prepared. The period of performance for this effort is 90 days from date of award. The Order will be in support of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory's (ITL) on-going Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - NIST Research and Development Collaboration in automated fingerprint-matching system testing and standards and development. The project will serve to satisfy the need to upgrade the existing NIST fingerprint-matching system in order to be current with the FBI version of the same system. The MorphoTrak software NIST uses is of a proprietary nature for which MorphoTrak, LLC is the exclusive manufacturer and provider. The upgrade of the MorphoBSS fingerprint-matcher is now required to enable performance testing that is in line with the current FBI version. NIST is seeking a sole source procurement for support services provided by Safran MorphoTrak to perform the upgrade, configuration and post installation checkout and setup for NIST testing because only Safran MorphoTrak has the intellectual property and capability to perform the combined tasks and only Safran MorphoTrak can supply the MorphoBSS software. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A determination not to compete this requirement, 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. NIST will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. Only written responses will be considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this notice of intent, the Government shall determine whether a solicitation will be issued. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award. Information concerning SAM registered requirements may be viewed via the Internet at http://sam.gov. INSTRUCTIONS: All interested parties shall submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirements listed above to Chantel Adams by email at chantel.adams@nist.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 14, 2015. Fax inquiries will not be accepted. The capability documentation should include general information and technical background describing in detail the prospective contractor's capabilities and experience that will demonstrate the ability to support these requirements.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB774030-15-04683/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03824687-W 20150807/150805235027-08a9083a2b09d4d4b175cd4d215f1aa2 (fbodaily.com)
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