MODIFICATION
D -- NOTICE OF INTENT CisPro Licenses
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- SB134117RQ0489
- Archive Date
- 7/4/2017
- Point of Contact
- Erik Frycklund, Phone: 3019756176
- E-Mail Address
-
erik.frycklund@nist.gov
(erik.frycklund@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this amendment is to change intended source for this software maintenance. The original software manufacture has identified a single authorized distributor within the United States Therefore, this Notice of Intent is to inform that NIST intends to purchase an agreement for maintenance and technical support of the CisPro Chemical Inventory Management System through Astrix Software Technology of Red Bank, New Jersey. FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: PRESOLICITATION NOTICE, NOTICE OF INTENT ACTION CODE: SPECIAL NOTICE CLASSIFICATION CODE: D- Information Technology Services. SUBJECT: Purchase of 20 Licenses of CisPro Chemical Inventory Management System SOLICITATION NUMBER: SB134117RQ0489 RESPONSE DATE: 6 days after posting DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Dassault Systemes Biovia Corp., located at 5005 Wateridge Vista Drive, San Diego, California, to purchase support annual agreement for maintenance and technical support of the CisPro Chemical Inventory Management System in use at NIST. The sole source justification is based on the following: The NIST Office of Safety Health and Environment (OSHE) proposes to purchase maintenance and technical support for the current NIST owned CISPro Chemical Inventory Management System from Biovia, Inc. (formerly Accelrys, Inc, formerly Chem SW, Inc.) CISPro is a relational database that has been customized for chemical inventories that provides the following outcomes: -Tracking individual chemical containers through bar coding. -Storing material safety data sheets and other hazard information for each chemical. -Providing critical hazardous material inventory information for emergency responders, and generating reports required for mandatory regulatory compliance. Utilizing another chemical inventory software package is not possible at this time for NIST. Transitioning to an alternate software system would result in: -Extensive efforts to retrain over 900 chemical inventory users impacting the efficiency of NIST researchers and the completion/risk to ongoing NIST projects, as well as travel related expenses to train users at satellite campuses that utilize the software. The costs of these retraining efforts far exceed the procurement cost for CISPro. -Potential incidents and injuries resulting from a loss of control over the chemical inventory and chemical hazard information during the change of software -Potential increased risk to emergency responders due to inaccurate accounting of chemical inventories during a transition of software -Potential violations of the Emergency Preparedness and Community Right to Know Act regulations if NIST is not able to produce accurate regulatory reports during the change of software. Given these facts, Biovia is the only source reasonably available to provide the required software. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 511210 with a size standard of $38.5. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by 11:00 am EST 06/31/2017, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiry POCs: Erik.frycklund@nist.gov Primary Grace.garrity@nist.gov Secondary National Institutes of Standards and Technologies NIST Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Dr. Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
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