Notice of Intent to Sole Source

FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ANNOUNCEMENT:

SUBJECT: Notice of Intent (NOI) to award a Sole Source

SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB672030-19-01205 ADS Format Software

CONTACT POINTS: Michael Fredericks, Contracting Officer (303) 497-7763;
DESCRIPTION: NIST requires additional software licenses to support the simulation, modeling, and design of state-of-the-art measurement instrumentation for integrated circuits (ICs) working from DC to terahertz frequencies. The new software licenses will have to integrate easily with existing software, hardware, and vendor systems.
Specifications:
Item 1. The complete software system will support high frequency design with both the Northup Grumman and Teledyne Process Design Kits (PDKs), which are provided in the Keysight ADS format.

Item 2. This requirement includes support for: Keysight IC-CAP heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) models, IC layouts implemented in the Teledyne PDKs, and design templates provided in the Teledyne PDKs.

Item 3. Our requirements also include support for the Keysight IC-CAP high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) Angelov-GAN model; layouts implemented in the Northrup Grumman PDKs, and, the corresponding design templates.

Item 4. The software system must support 3D passive electro-magnetic field simulations, linear circuit simulations, harmonic balance, and transient analysis.

Item 5. The software system must be able to run our current ADS simulations and generate layouts from current circuit files, including circuit simulations, 3D simulations, and existing design and layout files.

Item 6. Support for or replacement of our existing ADS seats. First seat included core, layout, harmonic balance. Second seat includes core, layout, harmonic balance, momentum, transient simulation, IC-CAP.

This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services, Size Standard $27.5M. No solicitation package will be issued. This Notice of Intent is NOT a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a request for competition; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Inquiries will only be accepted via e-mail to michael.fredericks@nist.gov. The government will consider responses received no later than 2pm, MDT, Friday, April 12, 2019. Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. Information concerning SAM registered requirements may be viewed via the Internet at http://sam.gov.
Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. No telephone requests will be honored.

Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Michael Fredericks at michael.fredericks@nist.gov.

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