SS Presolicitation Notice_140800-26-0013.pdf
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This is a presolicitation notice from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition & Grants Office, Eastern Acquisition Division-Norfolk, announcing a sole source purchase order procurement with ASTM International for online publication services.
NOAA intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to ASTM International for online publication services providing access to ASTM, IEC, and ISO publications. The services will be delivered and performed at Houma, Louisiana and Silver Spring, Maryland. The NAICS code is 513199 (All Other Publishers), and no small business set-aside applies to this procurement. The period of performance runs from the date of award through one year, with four additional one-year option periods. The sole source determination is based on ASTM Compass being the only Standards Development Organization (SDO) platform that provides the required online publications without using artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence in its system architecture, while also providing ASTM publication collections and the ability to integrate into NOAA-owned document specifications. NOAA conducted market research evaluating alternative SDO platforms including Accuris Tech, Intertek Inform, Nimonik, and IEEE/ANSI Webstore, all of which either utilized AI/GenAI or lacked the required integration features. ASTM has confirmed it has no authorized partners or resellers capable of providing these publications.
Interested firms that believe they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation or a request for additional information in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days of publication of this presolicitation notice. Such responses will be evaluated solely to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All submissions must be written; oral communications are not acceptable.
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***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, EASTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-NORFOLK, INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE AND AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF RFO FAR 6.103-1, WITH ASTM INTERNATIONAL FOR ONLINE PUBLICATION SERVICES - ASTM, IEC, and ISO- TO BE DELIVERED/PERFORMED AT HOUMA, LA and SILVER SPRING, MD. NO SET ASIDE IS TO BE USED FOR THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT. THE
ASSOCIATED NAICS CODE IS 513199, ALL OTHER PUBLISHERS.
***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT ASTM
INTERNATIONAL IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT DISTRIBUTES THESE PUBLICATIONS. THIS PARTICULAR
SOURCE IS ESSENTIAL TO THE REQUIREMENT AND MARKET RESEARCH INDICATES SIMILAR
PRODUCTS DO NOT MEET OR CANNOT BE MODIFIED TO MEET AGENCY NEEDS. ASTM COMPASS IS
THE ONLY SDO (STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION) PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES REQUIRED
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS (I.E. ASTM, IEC, AND ISO) WITHOUT THE USE OF AI (ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE) OR GENAI (GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE
SYSTEM, AND PROVIDES ASTM PUBLICATION COLLECTIONS, AND ABILITY TO INTEGRATE INTO
NOAA-OWNED DOCUMENT SPECIFICATIONS. MARKET RESEARCH WAS PERFORMED, CHECKING THE
VARIOUS SDO (STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION) PLATFORMS, SUCH AS ACCURIS TECH
(HTTPS://ACCURISTECH.COM/), INTERTEK INFORM (HTTPS://WWW.INTERTEKINFORM.COM/EN-US/), NIMONIK (HTTPS://NIMONIK.COM/), IEEE/ANSI WEBSTORE (HTTPS://WEBSTORE.ANSI.ORG/), ETC. ALL USED AI/GENAI OR LACKED FEATURES TO INTEGRATE INTO DOCUMENT SPECIFICATIONS. IT HAS
ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED THAT ASTM HAS NO AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR RESELLERS WHO CAN
PROVIDE THESE PUBLICATIONS.
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: DATE OF AWARD THROUGH ONE (1) YEAR, WITH 4 ADDITIONAL 1-YEAR
OPTION PERIODS.
***THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO
SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION OR A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. SUCH REQUESTS AND DOCUMENTATION WILL BE
EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS
PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO
THIS NOTICE.
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