This is an unrestricted solicitation for a firm fixed-price quotation for commercial services under NAICS 541511, open to both small and other-than-small businesses. The contractor will develop custom MES software and integrate it with NIST’s EOS 290 and Renishaw RenAM500 additive manufacturing machines, comparing a standards-based neutral information model approach against an AI-assisted LLM-driven approach, and quantify integration performance and effort. The period of performance is October 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026. Technical quotations are limited to five pages and must confirm the ability to meet that schedule; award will be based on technical capability, schedule, and price.