Chemical Editor Software Upgrade and Maintenance

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate a purchase order with a one-year period of performance, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Max Dolinsky and Associates, LLC at 8165 Inverness Ridge Road, Potomac, MD 20854 to provide upgrade and maintenance to NIST's Chemical Editor (CHED) software. In the continuous development process of the Mass Spectral Library, mass spectral data is added to the NIST Archive-Editing System (AES). The NIST AES is a Windows-based program developed in 1999-2001 to be fully integrated with a commercially available software system, Chemical Editor (CHED), which was developed by Max Dolinsky and Associates. Max Dolinsky and Associates, LLC owns the intellectual property necessary to perform all the work on CHED software. No other individual or business is currently authorized to perform any work on CHED to include the upgrades and maintenance services sought to ensure continued optimal performance and integration with the AES. The NAICS Code is 511210 with a size standard of $38.5 million. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by the response date and time 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.