Sources Sought Notice_Web Portal Access.docx

NIST Document Type: Sources Sought Notification Procurement Identifier: NIST-AMD-F-Library-SS-26-0005 Title: Web Portal Access for Economic Statistics, Industry Trend Analysis and Economic Projections

BACKGROUND:

The NIST Research Library and Museum (aka the Library) through teams focusing on Resources, Access & Data, Outreach & Marketing, and Museum & Archives, provides professional scientific and technical information assistance to a community of 3,000 researchers (Gaithersburg, MD and Boulder, CO) throughout their research and publishing cycles. The Library provides accurate, high quality, and timely research consulting and information products and ensures that users can discover and obtain the digital and print resources needed to support NIST's mission. A large part of the information resources made available to the NIST researchers are e-resources in the form of e-journals, digitized versions of NIST technical publications, databases, and e-books made accessible through the Library website. The history of NIST’s accomplishments and contributions to measurement science is captured and made available to researchers around the world through the Library website.

The Library requires access to a source for current market research information that includes in-depth industry and technology profiles, analyses and reports, quantitative data, and key statistics for a broad range of scientific and technology-oriented industries to support NIST strategic decision making, justify funding proposals, support research initiatives, quantify NIST impact, and identify industry needs/partners.

Requirement: The contractor shall provide access to an online database containing current economic statistics, industry trend analysis, and economic projects for a broad range of scientific and technology-oriented industries. Database information and reports should be authored by expert analysts who continuously monitor attributes such as size, scope, impact, growth trends, outlook projections, forecasts, needs and gaps, economic and demographic forces and influences, players, and product segmentation, and include visuals and sector comparisons that provide a complete picture of each industry’s landscape.

SPECIFICATIONS:

1. Web access to a full-text searchable online database of current and regularly updated market reports or industry statistics. Customized research and consulting services are not within the scope of the required subscription.

2. Reports or statistics should provide, thorough, in-depth analysis of the following sectors: Aerospace and Defense; Automotive and Transportation; Measurement and Instrumentation; Testing and Inspection; Industrial Automation and Process Control; AI (Artificial Intelligence); IoT (Internet of Things); Bioscience, Biotechnology, & Biomaterials; Forensics; Health and Medical Technology; Energy and Environment; Chemicals, Metals and Materials; Nanotechnology; Robotics; Manufacturing; Information and Communication Technology; Cybersecurity; Security & Surveillance; Semiconductors & Electronics; Energy and Power; Construction Technology, Quantum Computing & Technology.

3. Provide institution-wide access, or, at a minimum access for 5 users (librarians) who may share the information/reports within NIST.

4. A listing of all reports is publicly available online, so NIST users can request them through the Library’s access.

5. Database or platform provides access to market research reports, statistics, company information, and/or datasets. A pay-per-report structure is not within the scope of the required subscription.

6. Provides overall market data and data on specific technologies within that market.

Reports and statistics should not be limited to consumer products only.

7. Provide data for the United States market and for the global market.

Includes current and future year economic projections for each industry.

8. Reports specify the authors of all content, state whether report content is written by industry experts, describe the methodology for how economic projections are determined, and list subject inclusions and exclusions.

9. Viewable usage statistics to determine database usage.

10. Reports shall be available in PDF, and/or in a format that is downloadable, savable, and sharable within NIST.

11. Ability to download all or selected tables/figures

12. Externally hosted database.

13. Provide training and technical support

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE

In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORRMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response. Submit your response via email to Rene Edwards, Contract Specialist, on or before the closing date and time of this notice. Closing date for responses is by 11:00 am EST June 1, 2026.

· 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).

· 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.

· 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.

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

IMPORTANT NOTES

The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the NIST may appropriately solicit for its requirement soon.

This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the NIST to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.

Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations.

No award will be made because of this notice.

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

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