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FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ANNOUNCEMENT: SPECIAL NOTICE CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66 SUBJECT: Upgrade of Mitutoyo CMM controller SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB734130-19-01035 CONTACT POINTS: BRIAN JAMIESON, Contracts Special... FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ANNOUNCEMENT: SPECIAL NOTICE CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66 SUBJECT: Upgrade of Mitutoyo CMM controller SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB734130-19-01035 CONTACT POINTS: BRIAN JAMIESON, Contracts Specialist (301) 975-8276; TODD HILL, Contracting Officer (301) 975-8802 DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Mitutoyo America Corp. 965 Corporate Blvd., Aurora, IL 60502 for the acquisition of one (1) Mitutoyo in-line CMM added-on and upgrades for the existing Mitutoyo CMM controller, used by the National Institutes of Standards & Technology, Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, Gaithersburg, MD. ***** Sole source determination is based on Mitutoyo America Corp. being the only provider of the appropriate hardware and software components needed for the upgrade, and only Mitutoyo America Corp. has the technicians qualified and authorized to conduct the installation of any upgrades to their equipment. Procuring the needed upgrades from a third party creates the risk of voiding the manufacturer's warranty and impacting the safe functionality of the SMS Test Bed because other systems would require custom modification to allow dynamic integration with fabrication processes. It may also jeopardize the quality of NIST research efforts. *****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541512- Computer Systems Design Services, with a small business size standard of $27 million. ****** A determination by the Government whether to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. *****Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Brian Jamieson at Brian.Jamieson@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at Brian.Jamieson@nist.gov no later than April 15, 2019 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.