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D -- PROGRAMMING SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL DATABASES SOL 52SBNB8C1059 DUE 040298 POC Anita K. Tolliver, (301) 975-6308/Lisa K. Jandovitz, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6344 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a need for programming services for a series of conversion and development projects of chemical databases for the Chemical Sciences and Technology Laboratory. Conversion projects may include converting chemical databases including the NIST/EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Infrared Spectroscopy Database, the NIST Chemical Kinetics Database and the NIST/NDRL (Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory) Solution Kinetics Database from DOS based to Windows based. Development projects may include the further development of Windows programs currently being utilized for the chemical databases including the NIST Mass Spectral Database and its associated tools as well as the NIST Automated Mass Spectral Deconvolution and Identification Software. The Government requires Key Personnel be assigned to this contract. Offerors will be required to demonstrate through published materials or formal credentials that some of the Key Personnel assigned to this contract have a background in Chemistry enabling them to fully understand the nature of the problems. The databases have a substantial base of code of which the Key Personnel assigned to this contract must have a background including FairCom Software (the standard at NIST), XVT Windows Development Tools, C, C++, and a very small amount of Basic and Pascal. Offerors will be required to demonstrate that the Key Personnel assigned to perform this requirement have a knowledge of this coding enabling them to be able to perform conversion or development of the chemical databases. The offerors will be required to demonstrate that the Key Personnel assigned to this requirement have experience performing database programming including graphical display of functions and data, correlating data display with underlying complex data, developing programs for MS-Windows using the native C or C++ tools, developing programs using XVT Windows Development Tools in a MS-Windows environment, using CTREE database code at a low level, developing optical scanning programs either for graphical digitization or optical character recognition in a Windows environment and development of network base programs for use in NT environments. The Government does not anticipate that one person will meet all of the required base of code qualifications. However, when combining the qualifications of the Key Personnel, all of the qualifications for the base of code shall be met. The Government prefers the contractor to perform the services on-site. If the contractor performs the services on-site, Government-Furnished Property will be provided to sufficiently meet the requirement to include a work area, telephone, and computer as negotiated. If the contract is performed off-site, the contractor shall ensure a high quality network transmission for tasks that require rapid turnaround. Regardless of whether the contract is performed on-site or off-site, the government will provide as Government-Furnished Property all required software packages to perform this requirement such as FairCom, XVT, Microsoft and InstallShield packages that shall remain the property of the Government. This contract will be for a base period of twelve months from date of award plus two option years of twelve months each. The Government anticipates that the level of effort required for this contract is 0.5 to 2.5 man hours per year. NIST will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) within approximately fifteen days of the date of this announcement. Please request copies of the RFP in writing. The fax number is 301-963-7732. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7373 with a size standard of $18 million. All responsible small business sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. The response time for the RFP will be thirty days after issuance. The Government anticipates an award of a firm-fixed-price, labor hour, IDIQ contract. See Number Notes 1 and 26. (0078)

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