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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 30, 2018 FBO #6124
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- Solver Software Licese

Notice Date

8/28/2018
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

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

nb731060-18-03403-1
 

Archive Date

9/11/2018
 

Point of Contact

Prateema E. Carvajal, Phone: 301-975-4390
 

E-Mail Address

prateema.carvajal@nist.gov
(prateema.carvajal@nist.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION UNDER FAR PART 13. Background Information: Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on engineering, social sciences, earth sciences, and other disciplines to improve the way communities prepare for, resist, respond to, and recover from disruptive events, whether those events are due to natural or human-caused hazards. Within the Community Resilience Program at NIST, the systems modeling project is developing a computer-based tool to facilitate the search for decision alternatives that meet resilience and other goals. The software license sought here is for linear programming solver software that will supportnb a web-based deployment of a tool in development. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 511210- Software Publisher, with a small business size standard of $38.5M. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99. This solicitation is unrestricted, and all interested vendors may submit a quote. SCHDULE OF REQUIRED ITEMS: This requirement is to procure one (1) perpetual Linear Software Server License meeting the following minimum specifications: - Spectral range: Infrared wavelengths from 900 to 1700 nm One perpetual server license that permits the running by any number of users in any number of simultaneous processes on one designated computer with one processor chip with up to 8 cores, of a linear programming solver meeting the set of minimal specifications given below: o Parallel implementation of solver codes to exploit multi-core CPUs o Algorithms/Methods must include (at least):  Simplex  Interior-point  Branch and cut algorithms o Variable types (at a minimum):  Continuous  Binary o Platforms supported (at a minimum)  Windows 64-bit  Linux 64-bit  Mac OS 64-bit o Formulations supported (at a minimum)  Quadratic positive semi-definite  Quadratic conic o Procedure/Class library (at a minimum) for:  MATLAB (by MathWorks, Inc.)  C  Java  Python o Supports the linking to by all the following Mathematical programming modeling environments:  AMPL (by AMPL Optimization Inc)  GAMS (by GAMS Development Corp.)  MATLAB (by MathWorks, Inc.) o Piece-wise linear accommodation o Minimum performance requirements according to the Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) benchmarks (http://plato.asu.edu/bench.html; Hans Mittlemann at Arizona State University)  Mixed Integer Linear Programming Benchmark (MIPLIB2010) for 4 threads (http://plato.asu.edu/ftp/milpc.html).  Over the 87 problems, a geometric mean run time of less than 60 seconds.  Solve within the allotted time of the test (2hrs) at least 80 of the 87 problems  The "Feasibility Benchmark" http://plato.asu.edu/ftp/feas_bench.html  Solve at least 30 of the 35 problems  "Infeasibility Detection for MILP Problems" Benchmark (http://plato.asu.edu/ftp/infeas.html)  Detect at least 90% of the infeasible problems  "MILP cases that are slightly pathological" (http://plato.asu.edu/ftp/path.html)  Solve at least 20 of the 45 problems and within 5 seconds o Includes first year maintenance Delivery shall be made within one (1) month from date of award. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference. All FAR clauses may be viewed at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. All Commerce Acquisition Regulations (CAR) clauses may be viewed at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFCARA.HTM Provisions: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items FAR Clauses: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items-Commercial Items including subparagraphs: 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements 52.204-10 Reporting Executive compensation and first-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's interest when subcontracting with contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation; 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation With Authorities And Remedies; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-50 52.223-18 Combating Trafficking in Persons Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management Commerce Acquisition Regulations (CAR) Clauses: 1352.201-70, Contracting Officer's Authority 1352.209-73, Compliance With the Laws 1352.209-74, Organizational Conflict of Interest 1352.215-72, Inquiries Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to the Contracting Officer. Questions should be received no later than 12:00 pm EST, September 6, 2018. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Requests shall include complete company name, address, telephone and e-mail address. FAX AND OR PHONE REQUESTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 1352.233-70, Agency Protests (APR 2010) (a) An agency protest may be filed with either: (1) The contracting officer, or (2) at a level above the contracting officer, with the appropriate agency Protest Decision Authority. See 64 FR 16,651 (April 6, 1999). (b) Agency protests filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address: NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION ATTN: ABDUL KUDUS-YAHAYA, CONTRACTING OFFICER 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (c) Agency protests filed with the agency Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address: NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION ATTN: HEAD OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICE (HCO) 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (d) A complete copy of all agency protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing a protest with either the Contracting Officer or the Protest Decision Authority. (e) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows: U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. Washington, DC 20230 FAX: (202) 482-5858. (End of clause) 1352.233-71, GAO and Court of Federal Claims Protests (APR 2010) (a) A protest may be filed with either the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the Court of Federal Claims unless an agency protest has been filed. (b) A complete copy of all GAO or Court of Federal Claims protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon (i) the Contracting Officer, and (ii) the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel, within one day of filing a protest with either GAO or the Court of Federal Claims. (c) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows: U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. Washington, DC 20230 FAX: (202) 482-5858. (End of clause) NIST LOCAL-41, Software Licenses Addendum a) This Addendum incorporates certai11 terms and conditions relating to federal procurement actions. The terms and conditions of this Addendum take precedence over the terms and conditions contained in any license agreement or other contract documents entered into between the parties. Governing Law: Federal procurement law and regulations, including the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C. Section 601 et.seq., and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), govern the agreement between the parties. Litigation arising out of this contract may be filed only in those having jurisdiction over federal procurement matters. Attorney's Fees: Attorney's fees are payable by the federal government in any action arising under this contract only pursuant to the Equal Access in Justice Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 504. No Indemnification: The federal government will not be liable for any claim for indemnification; such payments may violate the Anti-Deficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. Section 1341(a). Assignment: Payments may only be assigned in accordance with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. Section 3727, and FAR Subpart 32.8, "Assignment of Claims." Invoices: Invoices will be handled in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. Section 3903) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-125, Prompt Payment. Patent and Copyright Infringement: Patent or copyright infringement suits brought against the United States as a party may only be defended by the U.S. Department of Justice (28 U.S.C. Section 516). Renewal of Support after Expiration of this Award: Service will not automatically renew after expiration of the initial term of this agreement. Renewal may only occur in accord with (1) the mutual agreement of the parties; or (2) an option renewal clause allowing the government to unilaterally exercise one or more options to extend the term of the agreement. (End of clause) NIST Local Clause_54 Electronic Billing NIST requires that Invoice/Voucher submissions are sent electronically via email to INVOICE@NIST.GOV. Each Invoice or Voucher submitted shall include the following: (1) Contract number; (2) Contractor name and address; (3) Unique entity identifier (see www.sam.gov for the designated entity for establishing unique entity identifiers); (4) Date of invoice; (5) Invoice number; (6) Amount of invoice and cumulative amount invoiced to-date; (7) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN); (8) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and extended price of supplies/services delivered; (9) Prompt payment discount terms, if offered; and (10) Any other information or documentation required by the contract. (End of clause) Addendum to Far 52.212-1, Quotation Preparation Instructions: 1. Price Quotation- The Offeror shall propose a firm-fixed-price. 2. Technical Quotation- All offerors shall provide documentation to certify that they are an authorized resellers or distributors of the product(s) they are proposing or are the Manufacturer. Award will not be made to any offeror without the requested documentation. All quotations shall clearly comply with the Schedule of Required Items. 3. All offerors shall submit the information/documentation required by the provisions in this solicitation. Quotation Evaluation: The Government intends to award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the lowest price, technically acceptable Offeror. To be technically acceptable, the quotation must clearly demonstrate compliance with the requirements. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following evaluation criteria: (1) Technical Capability and (2) Price. 1. Technical Capability An offeror's failure to quote all of the products/services listed above may be considered indicative of the offerors lack of understanding of the Government's requirements and may result in the offer being determined unacceptable. If an evaluation of Non-Acceptable is received, the Offeror will not be considered for Award. An evaluation of Technically Acceptable / Non-Acceptable will be assigned upon completion of the technical quotation evaluation. Offerors who fail to provide sufficient information (e.g. documentation, specifications, etc.) that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet the Government's technical specifications will be considered non-acceptable. If an evaluation of Non-Acceptable is received, the Offeror will not be considered for Award. All offerors must be authorized to sell and service the products they are proposing to the Government, by the original manufacturer(OEM) certified engineers or technicians. 2. Price Price will be evaluated for reasonableness. Your company is encouraged to discount its rates. If price discounts are offered, identify the percentage of price discount and/or price reduction offered. The Government does not intend to enter into discussion and may award a purchase order on the basis of initial offers received, without discussions. Therefore, each initial quotation shall contain the offeror's best terms. Nonetheless, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if it is in the best interest of the Government. Due Date and Response Information Offerors capable of furnishing the specified repair in this combined synopsis/solicitation should submit their quote in writing to: Prateema Carvajal electronically at prateema.carvajal@nist.gov. FAX quotations shall not be accepted. Offerors shall submit their quotations so that NIST receives them not later than September 10, 2018, 8:00 am, EST.
 

Web Link

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Place of Performance

Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN05060755-W 20180830/180828231807-46143cac38468fb371bba924f6f3075c (fbodaily.com)
 

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