Notice of Intent Chemical Kinetics Database

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Reaction Mechanics, Inc, located in Gaithersburg, MD, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for reading articles from the scientific literature in the field of chemical kinetics and computational chemistry, abstracting the relevant numerical and chemical data and associated metadata, and entering this information into the NIST Chemical Kinetics Database using the NIST Database Entry Software.

Unique requirements:
This work requires deep domain expertise in the area of chemical kinetics and uses sophisticated tools for data abstraction, analysis and dissemination. Requires a substantial amount of NIST staff time for training and additional supervision, as the software tools associated with the effort are powerful and complex.

The NAICS Code is 541990- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical, with a Size Standard of $15 Million. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Reaction Mechanics, Inc. for this requirement.

Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued by September 27, 2019. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to angela.hitt@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to angela.hitt@nist.gov no later than June 19, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. MST.

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