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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JULY 09, 2021 SAM #7160
SPECIAL NOTICE

D -- Intent to Sole Source IHS Global, Inc., - IHS Exclusive Electronic Subscription Delivery of Standards Platform for Technical Standards Systems (NTSS)

Notice Date

7/7/2021 7:31:31 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

518210 — Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
 

Contracting Office

NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL 35812 USA
 

ZIP Code

35812
 

Solicitation Number

80MSFC21Q0010
 

Response Due

7/22/2021 12:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

08/06/2021
 

Description

NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a requirement to award a contract for the services and products for the implementation and support of an Agency-wide electronic Web-based Technical Standards Platform for accessing technical standards and related information via the NASA Technical Standards System (NTSS). The objective of the platform is to provide Agency- wide users with effective access to technical standards and the standards metadata from various Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) needed for Design Engineering efforts. NASA/MSFC intends to award the standards subscription platform on a sole source basis with IHS Global Inc. for 12 months. IHS Global Inc., has an exclusive right-to-sell the standards content being procured through their proprietary platform called �Engineering Workbench�. The standards content that IHS Global Inc. provides through their platform has been negotiated with the SDOs via an exclusive licensing agreement between IHS Global Inc. and the following SDOs of interest: IPC/Collection Online (Association Connecting Electronics Industry) AIA/NAS current & Historical Collection Online ( Aerospace Industry Association) AIA/NAS/3D (NonMem) Act/Online (Aerospace Industry Association) AWS Collection Online (American Welding Society) ECIA Parts Intelligence BOM Intelligence (Bill of Materials) Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501(b)(1)(i), NASA/MSFC intends to award a new contract to acquire seven (7) electronic subscriptions from the SDOs as listed above for twelve (12) months.. The Government intends to acquire these commercial items pursuant to FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to remonda.j.stevens @nasa.gov or deborah.l.robertson@nasa.gov no later than 23 July 2021 by 9:00 AM CST. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/02a4cb098c044d808aa5ffe5be83e762/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Redstone Arsenal, AL 35802, USA

Zip Code: 35802

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06053012-F 20210709/210707230112 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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