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The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that are capable of providing Lumerical License Renewal. Additionally, NIST requires this license renewal to contin... The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that are capable of providing Lumerical License Renewal. Additionally, NIST requires this license renewal to continue having access to the Ansys Lumerical simulation platform. Losing this access will waste thousands of man hours and significant amount of financial investment in developing the above-mentioned simulation tools. The purpose of this notice is to identify organizations capable of providing the necessary service and meeting the minimum contractor qualifications. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals or Quotes (RFP/RFQ) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. The information contained in this notice is DRAFT only and as such, is subject to change prior to issuance of a solicitation. No solicitation is available at this time. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive or non-competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. NIST will use the results of this sources sought notice to determine whether to proceed on a sole source basis or competitively if it is determined that other vendors could potentially meet NIST's needs. This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 513210 with a small business size standard of $41.5M. Interested business organizations that believe they are capable of meeting the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit responses to four (4) pages or less. Responses should include the following information: 1. Name of company that will provide service. 2. Spec sheets and examples of service that meet the specifications. 4. Typical lead time to deliver the service after receipt of order. 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Any proprietary information should be so marked. The written capability statement should be received by the Contracting Officer, Angela Hitt by email at Angela.Hitt@nist.gov no later than 1 p.m. MST Tuesday, December 27, 2022. The capability statement shall identify the business status of the organization. No quotes will be accepted at this time and will not be considered.