Icdd database license

The U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants seeks an ICDD Database License with quotations due June 8, 2026 and an anticipated award date of June 12, 2026. This is an open competition (no set-aside), issued as Request for Quote 140G0126Q0170.

Delivery is required 30 days after receipt of order to Troy, New York. The NAICS code is 513210 (Software Publishers); PSC is 7A21 (IT and Telecom—Business Application Software, Perpetual License).

The requirement is a perpetual floating database server license supporting unlimited PC workstations with simultaneous access for ten concurrent users. The powder diffraction database must contain over 400,000 inorganic materials and over 500,000 organic materials, each with single-phase tabulated X-ray powder diffraction data, characteristic interplanar spacings, relative intensities, and mineral physical and crystallographic properties. The diffraction data analysis software must provide searchable mineralogical phase identification, batch processing for Rietveld refinement and whole pattern fitting, diffraction data pattern indexing, Rietveld structural refinement, cluster analysis of powder patterns, and operation independent of diffractometer hardware type. Annual renewal pricing must be lower than the initial year base price, with electronic renewal delivery required.

The license supports research across ten researchers in three laboratories (XRD, BRInE, and PORE) within the Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center's Mineral Resources and Energy Resources Programs. Performance period runs June 11, 2026 through June 10, 2027.

Evaluation awards to the lowest-priced quotation meeting acceptable technical standards. Vendors must register at sam.gov, comply with Buy American Act requirements and domestic sourcing disclosures, and submit an Accessibility Conformance Report using VPAT 2.1 or later demonstrating Section 508 compliance. Security requirements include FISMA 18-point checklist compliance; work performance restricted to the United States unless expressly approved in writing by the Contracting Officer's Representative.