Support for Information Technology and Database Applications for NIST

Added: May 01, 2015 5:12 pm Founded in 1901, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. NIST requires Contractor support to fulfill this mission in the Information Technology and Chemical and Materials Science fields.

NIST has a requirement for a Contractor to provide support to develop IT models, IT standard reference implementations, IT tools, and to develop standard reference database (SRD) applications, and support scientific and technical information archival projects.

The contract will be an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) type contract for one (1) twelve-month base period plus four (4) one-year option periods. The specific tasks pursuant to this effort are described in the Statement of Work which will be included in the solicitation. It is anticipated that the solicitation for this work will be issued on or about May 12, 2015, using FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation through full and open competition. The Government anticipates the award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, resulting in fixed price task orders, on or about August 31, 2015. The competitive solicitation, all amendments, and any questions and answers related to this procurement will be made available via the Internet at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The solicitation will only be available via the Internet at the above website. Potential offerors are responsible for accessing the website. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. There is no written solicitation document available, telephone requests will not be honored, and a bidders list will not be maintained. Potential offerors are requested to direct all questions via e-mail to divya.soni@nist.gov. To be eligible for award, offerors MUST be registered with the System for Award Management: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and have completed its representations and certifications found online at SAM. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541690.