SPECIAL NOTICE
U -- OASIS Open Sponsor Membership
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2023 7:56:12 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- NISTAMDTCNOI2301441
- Response Due
- 4/19/2023 8:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Seth Kaplan, Phone: 301-975-4042, Keith Bubar, Phone: 301-975-8329
- E-Mail Address
-
seth.kaplan@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov
(seth.kaplan@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov)
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Sole Source The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1), with the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS Open), for Annual Sponsor Membership to be used by the NIST�s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL), for a period of performance including (1) base year and (4) four option years as shown below: Base Year� 09/01/2023-08/31/2024 Option Year One 09/01/2024-08/31/2025 Option Year Two 09/01/2025-08/31/2026 Option Year Three 09/01/2026-08/31/2027 Option Year Four 09/01/2027-08/31/2028 Background Information and Basis for Sole Source The NIST ITL requires membership to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to accomplish their contributions to the overall NIST mission of promoting 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. If NIST is not allowed to procure the OASIS membership, it will lose valuable relationships/partnerships and opportunities to collaborate with other experts in fields that directly assist in the accomplishment of NIST mission. OASIS Open is the only vendor authorized to provide OASIS Annual Sponsor Level Membership. General The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 813920 � Professional Organizations, with a small business size standard of $23.5 million.� No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by the listed due date, 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. 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 due date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Seth Kaplan at seth.kaplan@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at seth.kaplan@nist.gov no later than the aforementioned due date.
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- Record
- SN06647949-F 20230414/230412230106 (samdaily.us)
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