1g. Sources Sought NR-MJ3000-23-00659.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

LabView Software Renewal

This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal or Quotation. It is not considered to be a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided; no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought Notice or Government use of any information provided.

Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to:

1. Determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists.

2. Determine whether the acquisition should utilize any of the small business programs in accordance with

FAR Part 19.

Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action.

Requirement: This notice is issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Acquisition Division (WAD) and Earth System Research Laboratories (ESRL) Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL) to identify sources capable of providing the following:

The requirement is to provide an Enterprise Agreement renewal of LabView software. This software shall be used by scientists to interface the collection of data between the instruments and analysis.

Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance for services is August 15th, 2023 through August 14th, 2026, with one base year and two (2) option years. A Firm Fixed price contract is anticipated for award.

NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 541512, Computer Systems Design Services, and the size standard is $34.0M.

Scope of Work: The scope of the acquisition is for software used to analyze data and create programs that run various instruments to provide a programming environment. Many of the interfaces between the instruments and the computing/analysis platforms require LabView to program the interface and communicate with the internal cards.

The Mission is to conduct scientific research aimed to discover, understand, and quantify the processes that govern the chemical reactions of Earth’s atmosphere, which then forms the foundation for improvements in the ability to predict atmospheric behavior. These groundbreaking developments are accomplished by creating scientific instruments to extract measurements from the air. Data from these instruments is then collected and analyzed.

Submission of Information: Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information.

Companies may respond to this Sources Sought Notice via email to: sarah.corey@noaa.gov and remo.dela-cruz@noaa.gov no later than July 7th, 2023 at 3:00PM Mountain Time.

Please provide the following information/documentation:

1. Name of Company, Address and Unique Entity ID.

2. Point of Contact and Phone Number.

3. Business Size applicable to the NAICS Code: 8(a) Small Business Concern, Hub Zone Small Business

Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSBC) or a Small Business Concern.

4. Statement for Informational Submission:

• Evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, points of contact and telephone numbers.

• Brief statement on how your company will perform the work.

• Confirmation that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued as a result of this Sources Sought Notice.

Interested Parties: Need to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Failure to submit sufficient detailed information may result in considering a company as not a viable source and may influence competition and set-aside decisions. Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this requirement.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation.

After a review of the responses received from this notice, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor the GPE for release of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Notice. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.