D -- Maintenance Renewal for National Instruments

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, intends to award a sole source acquisition to National Instruments, Austin, TX 78759, for the following software support and maintenance for the Office of the Director, NIST for Gaithersburg, MD and Boulder, CO: LabView Full Development Systems FDS for Windows, LabView FDS for Macintosh, LabView FDS for Linux, and LabView Windows CVI for Windows, Professional Developer Suite, and Vision Development Module. LabView/CVI software from National Instruments is the graphical development environment for creating flexible and scalable test, measurement, and control applications rapidly and at minimal cost. With LabVIEW, engineers and scientists interface with real-world signals, analyze data for meaningful information, and share results and applications. Regardless of experience, LabView makes development fast and easy for all users. LabView delivers a powerful graphical development environment for signal acquisition, measurement analysis, and data presentation, and provides the flexibility of a programming language without the complexity of traditional development tools. No other known commercial code has these capabilities. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with a single source under the authority of FAR 13.5 Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. Interested parties capable of responding to the requirement may submit a capability statement specifically identifying their ability to accomplish this requirement. Responses are due within six days after publication of this notice. Responses shall be reviewed solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition following consideration of responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.