SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- License Subscription Renewal
- Notice Date
- 1/23/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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
- NB620020-18-00983
- Archive Date
- 2/17/2018
- Point of Contact
- Erica Miller, Phone: 3019750642
- E-Mail Address
-
erica.miller@nist.gov
(erica.miller@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ACTION CODE: PRESOL CLASSIFICATION CODE: 70- General purpose information technology equipment SUBJECT: NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: Software support renewal SOLICITATION NUMBER - NB620020-18-00983 RESPONSE DATE: February 2, 2018 CONTACT POINTS: Erica Miller, Contract Specialist, 301-975-0642 Forest Crumpler, Contracting Officer, 301-975-6753 The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD) intends to administer a firm fixed purchase contract, on a sole source basis, with Lumerical Computational Solutions, Inc. for FDTD software support renewal. The statutory authority of this sole source acquisition is FAR subpart 13.106-1 (b). The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) uses FDTD software to design and analyze a variety of electromagnetic structures, including metamaterials, plasmonic geometries, and nanophotonic devices incorporating single quantum emitters. The FDTD software is installed throughout CNST computers and is currently in use by over 100 scientific and technical staff. The licenses are in constant uses for ongoing research programs and NIST requires renewal of existing software licenses to ensure continuity and compatibility of existing files used in ongoing research programs. The software is proprietary and only available from Lumerical Computational Solutions, Inc. The requirement consists of the Lumerical Bronze Tier Non-Commercial Site License, part number BSIT-TRUF-NSI. The site license includes five (5) FDTD Solutions, MODE Solutions, DEVICE CT, DEVICE HT, DEVICE DGTD and INTERCONNECT; and 10 Engines for FDTD Solutions and MODE Solutions. As well as, five (5) FDTD Solutions licenses, part number FDTDNC-TRUF-NSI, which includes one each of: Integrated Design Environment; and FDTD (2D, 3D) Simulators. The period of performance for the software renewal shall be 03/15/18 - 03/16/19. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources interested may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 1:00 p.m. Eastern on February 2, 2018. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to erica.miller@nist.gov No telephone requests will be honored. 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 in the future.
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- Record
- SN04797420-W 20180125/180123231559-10860166b0e003ac1b34000db19a7065 (fbodaily.com)
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