SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 9/12/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST AMD Boulder, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305
- Solicitation Number
- NB688000-16-04603
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2016
- Point of Contact
- Dennis M. Fuentes, Phone: 3034975573
- E-Mail Address
-
dennis.fuentes@nist.gov
(dennis.fuentes@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent: NB688000-16-04603 Status: Open Description of Contract Action: FPGA Gateware/Firmware development and ARTIQ Integration for Custom High-speed Arbitrary Waveform Generators a.k.a. PDQ3 Post Date: 09/12/2016 Close Date: 09/15/2016 File Name: NB688000-16-04603 / FPGA Gateware/Firmware development and ARTIQ Integration for Custom High-speed Arbitrary Waveform Generators a.k.a. PDQ3 Contact Points: Dennis Fuentes, Contract Specialist (303) 497.5573 Jo-Lynn Davis, Contracting Officer (303) 497-3764 This requirement is conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b). This is a notice of intent to negotiate on a sole source basis and is not a request for competitive proposals. Firms who want to challenge the sole source must submit an interest letter that demonstrates your firm's ability to provide an equivalent service as described below. Interested parties must provide rationale as to why they should be considered. All interested firms must respond to this special notice by 15 September 2016, 11:00am, Mountain Time to Dennis M. Fuentes at dennis.fuentes@nist.gov. Responses received will be assessed; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion for the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. NIST will not reimburse for any costs connected with providing the capability information. Description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate and award on a sole-source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b) with M-Labs, LTD, in Hong Kong. To perform this service, the contractor must be authorized to provide modifications/extended firmware and gateware to the ARTIQ custom PDQ AWG boards currently in use for the NIST. The services are intended to provide implementation of a number of technically demanding, detailed modifications, and extensions to an existing piece of complex custom software and the vendor is required to have a solid understanding of the ARTIQ system and custom designed software. The contractor must demonstrate a detailed understanding of the existing ARTIQ system architecture and design, which is necessary for successful implementation of the work. The contractor must also have suitable experience in designing and implemented FPGA firmware/gateware as well as The Contractor must demonstrate a detailed understanding of the existing pdq2 firmware and architecture, as well as the parts of the ARTIQ system necessary for successful implementation of the work, and have experience with core ARTIQ/pdq2 technologies, including but not limited to Python, C, Migen, LLVM, MiSoC/mor1kx, llvmlite, or suitable interoperable equivalents. Sole Source determination is based on the market research that shows only one vendor can comply to this critical process that meets all of the NIST technical requirements. The NAICS code 541511 - Custom computer programming services, and the Small Business Size Standard is $27.5M will be used. DELIVERABLES: This is a Performance Based Contract with the following deliverables/objectives: Number Description Format Quantity Due Date 1 Progress/status reports PDF Up to 9 Once per month, starting one month from date of award 2 PDQ SPI slave gateware Source code, compiled bitstreams, documentation, and compiled ARTIQ code integrated with current ARTIQ conda deployment 1 4 months from date of award 3 PDQ bitstream improvements Source code, compiled bitstreams, documentation, and compiled ARTIQ code integrated with current ARTIQ conda deployment (as appropriate) 1 6 months from date of award 4 Interlocking improvements between memory reader and spline executor Source code, compiled bitstreams, and documentation 1 7 months from date of award 5 PDQ data control and readback over SPI Source code, compiled bitstreams, documentation, and compiled ARTIQ code integrated with current ARTIQ conda deployment 1 9 months from date of award
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN04267811-W 20160914/160912235753-8c2c5481c8449e12af9600ecb9207f01 (fbodaily.com)
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