Attachment 1 - Statement of Need.pdf

August 11th, 2023

STATEMENT OF NEED

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA)

OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR)

CHEMICAL SCIENCES LABORATORY (CSL)

Requisition Number – NR-MJ3000-23-00659

PURPOSE:

The NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL) needs to obtain an Enterprise Agreement (EA) renewal of LabView software for the period of 8/15/2023 to 8/14/2026, with a base year and two option years (ending 8/14/2026).

SCOPE OR MISSION:

The mission of NOAA CSL 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. The LabView software is an essential tool used by CSL scientists to interface the collection of data between the instruments and analysis via software.

BACKGROUND:

The LabView systems engineering software has been critical in the collection and analysis of scientific data. The Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabView) is a system-design platform and development environment that provides a visual programming language providing scientists a way of dataflow programming for various tasks such as controlling instrumentation. It’s unique methods of interfacing to devices and ecosystem that supports numerous LabView libraries allows the user to have access to wide spectrum of programming features not covered in other programming languages. Converting existing instrumentation software to work with a new software platform would be excessively prohibitive. Additionally, many of the interfaces between the instruments and the computing/analysis platforms utilize LabView to program the interface and communicate with the internal cards. For these reasons, the scientists and engineers at CSL require a continuation of access to LabView to conduct their work, as it would be highly impracticable to replace the technology currently in use.

June 30th, 2023

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Product Specifications

Enterprise Agreement (EA) Entitlement

NOAA Proposed EA #15701

Software Bundle (Unlimited) Unlimited Quantity Software Licenses (EP Bundle)

• See Attachment A

Limited Software Bundle 5 Control Test Plus Bundle (Named or Computer based Users)

• See Attachment B

License Model Lease Software Access Locations All NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

(ESRL) CSL locations as of Program Start Date Term 3 years

(1 year with 2 option years) Technical Support Standard Annual NI Connect Week Passes 1 Training Credits (Total) 300 for Subscription Term Maintenance of Original Install Base

Yes

Managed By NI Volume License Manager (VLM)

Attachment A Software Included in Proposed Agreement

Control Bundle Development Environments and Stand- Alone Software

LabVIEW Add-Ons

LabVIEW LabVIEW Add-Ons: Design LabVIEW Professional Development System LabVIEW MathScript RealTime

Module LabVIEW for Mac and Linux LabVIEW Statechart Module NI SignalExpress LabVIEW Digital Filter Design

Toolkit C for Virtual Instrumentation (CVI) LabVIEW Add-Ons: Deploy

LabWindows/CVI Full Development System LabVIEW Real-Time Module LabWindows/CVI Execution Profiler Toolkit LabVIEW (Field-programmable gate array) FPGA Module LabWindows/CVI PID Control Toolkit Xilinx Compilation Tools LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module Automotive Diagnostic Command Set LabWindows/CVI Signal Processing Toolkit LabWindows/CVI SQL Toolkit LabVIEW Add-Ons: Interface

ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit

Measurement Studio

NI Measurement Studio Enterprise Edition LabVIEW Add-Ons: Analyze

LabVIEW Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit

Stand-Alone Waveform Editors Electrical Power Suite Analog Waveform Editor LabVIEW DataFinder Toolkit Digital Waveform Editor

LabVIEW Add-Ons: Validate Additional Tools Included LabVIEW Unit Test Framework

Toolkit NI-Industrial Communications for EtherNet/IP

LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit

Device Drivers LabVIEW Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit

Attachment B Additional Finite Quantity Software Licenses

Control Test Plus Bundle Development Environments and Stand- Alone Software

LabVIEW Add-Ons

LabVIEW LabVIEW Add-Ons: Design LabVIEW Professional Development System LabVIEW Control Design and

Simulation Module LabVIEW for Mac and Linux LabVIEW MathScript RT Module NI LabView SignalExpress LabVIEW Statechart Module

LabVIEW SoftMotion Module LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit

CVI LabVIEW Add-Ons: Deploy LabWindows/CVI Full Development System LabVIEW Real-Time Module LabWindows/CVI Execution Profiler Toolkit LabVIEW FPGA Module LabWindows/CVI PID Control Toolkit Xilinx Compilation Tools LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module Automotive Diagnostic Command Set LabWindows/CVI Signal Processing Toolkit LabVIEW Module for Lego Mindstorms LabWindows/CVI SQL Toolkit

LabVIEW Add-Ons: Interface Measurement Studio LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory

Control Module NI Measurement Studio Enterprise Edition NVision Development Module

ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit

Stand-Alone Waveform Editors NI Switch Executive Analog Waveform Editor

Digital Waveform Editor LabVIEW Add-Ons: Analyze NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite

TestStand LabVIEW Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit

NI TestStand Development System Electrical Power Suite

LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit Stand-Alone Motion and Vision Software LabVIEW DataFinder Toolkit

NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection NI Motion Assistant

LabVIEW Add-Ons: Validate Additional Tools Included LabVIEW Unit Test Framework

Toolkit NI-Industrial Communications for EtherNet/IP

LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit

NI VeriStand (separate DVD media) LabVIEW Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit

NI Model Interface Toolkit (separate DVD media)

NI Requirements Gateway

Device Drivers

Continued EA Entitlements

• Maintenance o Existing Maintenance Paid – The annual maintenance for all current software seats is paid for during the EA term.

o Automatic Software Updates – Automatically sends the most recent software updates of all software covered under the Program.

o Technical Support – Covered CSL users have direct access to technical support with Applications Engineers (AEs) via phone or email.

• Training o Training Credits3 – Includes Training Credits as part of the Enterprise

Agreement. Ten training credits roughly equals one week of training for one person. Training credits can be used for training on-line, at a regional training facility, or on-site at NOAA facilities o Certification – NOAA can use training credits for product specific Certification exams o Self-paced Online Training – NOAA users have 24/7 access to an online library of multimedia training modules and exercises covering a range of software and hardware products.

o NI Connect Week Passes – NIWeek is the premier event on graphical system design, and attracts more than 3,000 of the world's brightest engineers, scientists, and educators annually.

• Software Management o All development software included in the EA will be ‘Named User’ and/or

‘Computer Based’ licenses.

Endnotes

1. Please note that this excludes the following software products from any program option: all AWR Software, CalVIEW, NI InsightCM Enterprise, NI LabVIEW C Code Generator, NI Combustion Analysis System Software, NI DataFinder Server Edition, LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK, NI LabVIEW Web UI Builder, NI Lookout, NI MATRIXx, NI OPC Servers, NI Requirements Gateway, NI TestStand Semiconductor Module, NI Technical Data Cloud, and Select NI RF Toolkits.

2. NOAA may not utilize on-site engineering services for the performance of “defense services” as defined by International Traffic In Arms Regulations 22 CFR 120.9.

3. Use of the training credits for customized training is subject to the review and approval of NI. Company may not utilize training credits for customized training that would constitute a “defense services” as defined by International Traffic In Arms Regulations

22 CFR 120.9.

Acronyms List:

Acronym: Definition:

ECU Electronic Control Unit FPGA Field-programmable gate array IP Internet Protocol PID Proportional – Integral – Derivative SQL Structed Query Language VLM Volume License Manager