Combined SSN NOI_NIST-SSNOI-26-NCNR-11.pdf

NIST-SSNOI-26-NCNR-11

DA10/513210 Software Publishers, $47,000,000

Primary POC: Robert Singman (robert.singman@nist.gov) Secondary POC:

Title: Spatial Analyzer Metrology Software Support – Combined Sources Sought/Notice of Intent to Sole Source

BACKGROUND

***THIS IS A COMBINED SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO

SOLE SOURCE***

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing Spatial Analyzer Metrology Software Support. If no alternate sources are identified, the Government intends to issue a Sole Source Award to Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, 250 Circuit Drive, North Kingstown, Rhode Island 02852-7441, Unique Entity ID (UEI) EK4EVQQNEFC6, under the authority of FAR 12.102(a). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 513210.

This procurement is for software support, upgrades, and license renewal of Spatial Analyzer software for the Research Facility Operations (RFO) Engineering Group at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). The RFO Engineering Group is responsible for the designing, installing, aligning, and maintaining neutron guidelines and neutron instruments at the NCNR. A key aspect of this work is a suite of highly accurate 3D metrology tools. Since 2008 the RFO Engineers have been using Spatial Analyzer software from New River Kinematics (NRK) to interface with these metrology tools to collect measurements and perform analysis. The RFO Engineers have generated a substantial quantity of data over the years using Spatial Analyzer.

Spatial Analyzer software is the only software that can open and edit the Spatial Analyzer file format. It would be prohibitively expensive to replace or to allow support service to lapse. If we let the support lapse this year additional charges would be incurred to renew in the future.

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE

Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Robert Singman at robert.singman@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at robert.singman@nist.gov no later than July 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.

Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response. Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of

Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact listed at the bottom of this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice.

• Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company’s Unique Entity ID (UEI).

• Details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST’s minimum requirements.

• Whether your company is an authorized reseller of the product or service being cited and evidence of such authorization.

• Identify any aspects of the description of the requirements in the BACKGROUND section above that could be viewed as unduly restrictive or create unnecessary barriers that adversely affect your firm’s ability to fully participate in a procurement for such services and explain why. Please offer suggestions for how the requirements could be organized or structured to encourage the participation of small businesses.

• For the NAICS code o Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business. See the Table of Small Business Size Standards and the associated .pdf download file for small business size standards and additional information.

o If you believe the NAICS code listed in this notice is not the best NAICS code for the type of product addressed in this notice, identify an alternative NAICS code that you believe would be more appropriate for the planned procurement.

• If your firm has existing Federal Supply Schedule contract(s) or other contracts for products or services against which the Department may be able to place orders, identify the contract number(s) and other relevant information.

• Describe your firm’s experience (as a prime, subcontractor, or consultant) providing the products or services described in Background section.

IMPORTANT NOTES

A determination by the Government whether to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

NIST is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.

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NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate.

Thank you for taking the time to submit a response to this request!