The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $25,000 firm fixed price purchase order to PDES, Inc. for annual membership in the PDES Consortium. The original solicitation sought responses for sole source negotiation for membership in the Product Data Exchange using STEP Technical Liaison international industry, government and university consortium committed to accelerating standards development and implementation for digital enterprise product exchange. No set-aside was applied to this contract awarded under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation for sole source procurements based on one available source. The work will be performed in Johnston, Iowa through September 30th, 2022.