Information Technology and Database Application Support Services

Added: Apr 25, 2012 4:03 pm AMENDMENT 002

Please refer to attached Amendment 002, which responds to technical questions submitted and amends Section B.2 - Labor Categories.

Added: Apr 20, 2012 3:19 pm AMENDMENT 001

Please refer to attached Amendment 001, which extends the due date for proposals.

Added: Feb 03, 2012 5:12 pm The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and Material Measurement Laboratory (MML), in Gaithersburg, MD, has a requirement for Information Technology and Database Application Support Services.

The Information Technology Laboratory accelerates, through standards, tests and metrics, the development, deployment and use of secure, usable, interoperable and reliable information systems. ITL enables measurement and testing through research innovations in the areas of computer science and systems engineering. Current focus areas include Health Information Technology (HIT), especially for Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, Smart Grid standards, various Biosciences Information Technology (IT) applications, Cloud Computing, Voting Systems, Software Assurance, and Computer Forensics. Typically, the work focuses on development of standards, including designing standard use cases and domain modeling; development of systems or reference implementation of a standard using a variety of software languages and database technologies; and development of test software and test material.
 
The Material Measurement Laboratory conducts studies in measurement science. MML also develops the chemical, biochemical, and chemical engineering measurements, data, models, and reference standards that are required to enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness in the world market and to improve public health, safety, and environmental quality.
Award of more than one indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is anticipated. Work under the resultant contract(s) will develop IT models, IT standard reference implementations, IT tools, develop standard reference database (SRD) applications, and support scientific and technical information archival projects.

The required services are non-commercial in nature and will be competed using negotiated procedures under the authority of FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. This requirement is 100% set-aside for small business.
 
The NAICS code for this requirement is 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services, with a small business size standard of $25.0M.

The competitive Request for Proposal (RFP), statement of work, contractor requirements, any subsequent amendments, and all questions and answers related to this procurement will be made available via the Internet at www.fbo.gov under RFP number SB1341-12-RP-0015.

NIST anticipates posting the RFP to the vendor community approximately 15 days after the date of publication of this notice.

Potential offerors shall be responsible for obtaining this solicitation and any subsequent amendments, from www.fbo.gov after the solicitation has been posted. It is, and will continue to be, the responsibility of each potential offeror to monitor www.fbo.gov for any amendments or other information related to the solicitation. The Government will not maintain a mailing list. Any communications regarding this acquisition must be made in writing and forwarded via email to joshua.holliday@nist.gov, and shall identify the solicitation number, company name, company address, as well as point of contact email address and phone number.

Offerors shall be actively registered in the Central Contractor Registration website at www.ccr.gov, in order to be eligible to receive a contract under this acquisition.