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DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with PCO-Tech located at 840 AERO DR STE... DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with PCO-Tech located at 840 AERO DR STE 110, BUFFALO, NY, 14225-1451, to fulfill the below requirement. The sole source justification is based on the following: The Material Measurement Laboratory’s Materials Measurement Science Division (MMSD) conducts research on the development of innovative metrologies and measurement protocols for micro/nanoscale heterosystems analysis. Measurement Techniques are used to determine sample composition as well as structural, electronic, and chemical properties of a wide variety of organic, inorganic and biomolecular systems where materials of interest are typically present as either micro/nano-scale features or monolayer/multilayer films. To meet mission requirements; the MMSD has a need for an Automated Microscopy System Camera upgrade to an existing automated slide scanner system. The Automated Microscopy components are an upgrade to a materials screening and microdissection platform used in the development of an automated materials isolation platform. The upgrade is being made to the camera modules: PCO-TECH PCO.DiMax CS4, and the PCO-TECH Edge 4.0. The upgrade to the PCO-TECH PCO.FLIM and PCO.Edge 4.2 will allow for high speed, stroboscopic, and stereoscopic imaging. To maintain and improve the interoperability of the current system with the new system, NIST requires a 100% compatible upgrade for the existing system in terms of electromechanical coupling, computer control, and automatic module detection (plug-and-play). To achieve the necessary compatibility, a direct upgrade from PCO-TECH is required. PCO-TECH has developed the Technology and has proprietary rights to the Technology used in the upgrade. The upgrade must be hardware and software (PCO-TECH, SDK kit V1.23_01; PCO-TECH MatLab Toolkit V1.08; and PCO-TECH Camware 4.05_01) compatible with the existing equipment. The existing equipment and Technology are proprietary to PCO-TECH. Market research has concluded that PCO-TECH is the sole US distributor of these upgrades and that no other equipment will be fully compatible with the NIST owned equipment. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 334516 with a size standard of 1000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by 8:00 am EST August 3, 2020, 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.