NOTICE OF INTENT-Support for Lithography Software Packages
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- NB686010-24-00108
- Agency
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice was published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to announce its intent to negotiate a sole source contract with GenIsys for support of three lithography software packages. The packages, BEAMER, LAB, and TRACER, are used by the NIST NanoFab facility for optimizing electron-beam and optical lithography processes.
The purpose of the Special Notice is to provide application and software support for the three packages, including the most up-to-date revisions and releases, unlimited troubleshooting, and technical and application support. Interested parties must demonstrate their ability to satisfy the requirements by November 22, 2023. If competitive procedures are not used, award is estimated to be made to GenIsys by November 30, 2023, as it developed the proprietary packages and is the only vendor that can supply and support them. The contract is for firm-fixed price and has a NAICS code of 513210 with a size standard of $41.5M. No resellers or third party offers will be considered.
Notice text
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division intends to negotiate with GenIsys located in San Francisco, CA, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for Support for Lithograph Software Packages.
Specific Requirements are as follows:
Application and software support for three (3) software packages; BEAMER, LAB, and TRACER; GenIsys license number 425.
- Contractor shall provide the most up-to-date revisions and software releases for BEAMER, LAB and TRACER software currently in use at CNST.
- Contractor shall provide unlimited troubleshooting and support for technical matters pertaining to installation and debugging of the installed software packages.
- The contractor shall provide unlimited applications support for details regarding the use of BEAMER, LAB and TRACER Software.
- No resellers or 3rd Party Offers will be accepted.
NAICS Code is 513210 –Software Publisher, with a Size Standard of $41.5M. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Ansys 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 11/30/2023. 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 the date and time provided herein this posting.
JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AN OPEN COMPETITION:
Market research resulted in GenIsys, Inc. being the only vendor that can supply the three (3) software packages, because it developed BEAMER and TRACER software to aid users in optimizing electron-beam lithography processing and followed this with the development of LAB software to optimize optical lithography processing. These software packages are proprietary, and this company does not license nor approve others to service and support their product. The continuation of the applications and software support for BEAMER, LAB, and TRACER software will enable the NanoFab to maintain the most current and updated versions of these programs which NanoFab users are currently using.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NOTICE OF INTENT-Support for Lithography Software Packages | Special Notice | |
| Support for Lithography Software Packages | Pre-Solicitation |
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