Intent to Sole Source Accuris Exclusive Electronic Subscription Delivery of Standards Platform for Technical Standards Systems (NTSS)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80MSFC24R1723
- Agency
-
Marshall Space Flight Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Place of performance
- Huntsville, Alabama 35812, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has issued a Special Notice for the intent to award a sole source contract to Accuris for the provision of an agency-wide electronic web-based technical standards platform. The platform will provide NASA personnel with effective access to technical standards and related information from various Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs).
The purpose of this contract is to implement and support the NASA Technical Standards System (NTSS), which aims to give agency-wide users access to technical standards and standards metadata needed for design engineering efforts. NASA intends to award a 12-month contract to Accuris, who has exclusive rights to sell the specified standards content through their proprietary "Engineering Workbench" platform. The government is seeking to acquire seven electronic subscriptions from the listed SDOs and will evaluate the acquisition under FAR Part 12 for commercial items. Interested organizations can submit their capabilities and qualifications by July 26, 2024 for the government's consideration of a potential competitive acquisition.
Notice text
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a requirement to award a contract for the services and products for the implementation and support of an Agency-wide electronic Web-based Technical Standards Platform for accessing technical standards and related information via the NASA Technical Standards System (NTSS). The objective of the platform is to provide Agency- wide users with effective access to technical standards and the standards metadata from various Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) needed for Design Engineering efforts.
NASA/MSFC intends to award the standards subscription platform on a sole source basis with Accuris for 12 months. Accuris has an exclusive right-to-sell the standards content being procured through their proprietary platform called “Engineering Workbench”. The standards content that Accuris provides through their platform has been negotiated with the SDOs via an exclusive licensing agreement between Accuris and the SDOs of interest listed in Attachment A.
Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501(b)(1)(i), NASA/MSFC intends to award a new contract to acquire seven (7) electronic subscriptions from the SDOs as listed above for twelve (12) months.. The Government intends to acquire these commercial items pursuant
to FAR Part 12.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email glenda.m.clemons@nasa.gov or wade.s.amis@nasa.gov no later than 26 July by 2:00 PM CST. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Attachment A.pdf |
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