Notice of Intent.pdf
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- NB642050-25-01623
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This document is a Pre-Solicitation Notice from the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) for Thermo-Calc Software License Additions & Renewals. NIST intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Thermo-Calc Software Inc. for a TC-AM user network license and additional user network licenses for Thermo-Calc, DICTRA, TC-PRISMA, and TC-python under award number 1333ND24PNB640484.
The solicitation is for the Materials Science and Engineering Division's Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group, which requires these software tools to model microstructure evolution in materials and processes. The resulting order will be a Firm-Fixed Price Delivery Order under NAICS code 513210 (Software Publishers), with a small business size standard of $47.0M in annual revenue. While no solicitation package will be issued, interested parties can submit responses by 9/5/2025 for government consideration. Market research has identified Thermo-Calc as the sole provider of these specific licenses, which are not available through any other vendor or interface.
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FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, NOTICE OF INTENT
ACTION CODE: SPECIAL NOTICE
CLASSIFICATION CODE: D – IT and Telecom – Information Technology & Telecommunications
SUBJECT: Thermo-Calc Software License Additions & Renewals
SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB642050-25-01623
DESCRIPTION:
The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Thermo-Calc Software Inc., located in Canonsburg, PA for a TC-AM user network license and additional user network licenses for Thermo-Calc, DICTRA, TC-PRISMA, & TC-python under award number 1333ND24PNB640484, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).
Sole Source justification is based on the following:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Materials Science and Engineering Division (MSED) provides the measurement science, standards, technology, and data required to support the nation’s need to design, develop, manufacture, and use materials.
In partnership with U.S. industry, government agencies, and scientific institutions, MSED performs fundamental and applied research to enable those engaged in the materials science and engineering enterprise to adopt new materials and incorporate these into improved, successful products that solve problems in areas such as energy, electronics, transportation, and the environment.
Essential to development and use of new materials and processes, is the ability to model the microstructure evolution in these materials and processes.
MSED’s Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group (TKG) makes extensive use of the Thermo-Calc software tools to do this modeling. To meet mission requirements, the MSED and the TKG requires additional licenses for currently owned Thermo-Calc Software tools, including Thermo-Calc, DICTRA and TC-PRISMA, and TC-python programming interface and requires the additional Thermo-Calc Additive Manufacturing tool.
Market research by the Government has identified Thermo-Calc as the sole provider of the licenses.
Access is not available on-line through any other interface or vendor.
The resulting order will be a Firm-Fixed Price Delivery Order.
NAICS code for this requirement will be 513210 – Software Publishers with a small size standard of 47.0M in annual revenue.
No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations: however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by 9/5/2025 will be considered by the Government.
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