MODIFICATION
70 -- Advanced Chemistry Development Software and Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- 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 B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- 13-04111
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2013
- Point of Contact
- Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172, Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.wood@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov
(carol.wood@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Acquisition Management Division (AMD) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), on behalf of the Material Measurement Laboratory/Biomolecular Measurement Division (BMD), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. of Toronto, Canada for the acquisition of a Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) instrument for the measurement of Mass Spectral Data (MSD) and Gas Chromatography Retention Indices (GC RI). The NIST/BMD, located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is responsible for the development of NIST/NIH/EPA Mass Spectral Library. Reference http://www.nist.gov/srd/nist1a.cfm. Acquired data for commercially available compounds, pesticides, naturally occurring compounds, drugs and their metabolites, compounds commonly found in the environment, chemical weapons and related compounds, and analytical derivatives of chemically and thermally liable compounds must be added to the Library. NIST utilizes the Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD) Labs Software. This software currently houses thousands of the compound identification records of chemicals stored in the NIST Mass Spectrometer Center. The operating systems at NIST are currently undergoing an upgrade to Windows 7. The existing version of ACD Labs Software is not compatible with Windows 7. The next generation of the ACD Labs Software, entitled, ACD/Chrom Workbook Enterprise 2012, is fully compatible with the NIST MS Search and Archive Editing System as well as Windows 7. The use of a new version of the same system offered by ACD Labs that is compatible with Windows 7 is the best solution for transferring the existing data. NIST requires software licenses and maintenance of the software. All licenses are perpetual. The period of performance for the maintenance shall be a base period of one year with four one year option periods. Sole source determination is based on the following: The use of a new version of ACD software is 100% compatible with the existing data and database, will guarantee that chemical structures and names are correctly assigned to their data, and will ensure that accurate information is stored to help answer future research questions. Other chemical inventory databases available in the market do not guarantee compatibility with the existing software utilized at the NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center. The required software is manufactured by ACD. ACD owns all proprietary rights to the software and has no authorized resellers. No other vendor has rights to ACD proprietary software. Therefore, ACD is the only source who can provide the required software and maintenance. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541511 and the size standard is $25.5M. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by September 4, 2013, 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.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03157629-W 20130823/130822000210-a3901d4a06b6abadcf8e4732196a71ee (fbodaily.com)
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