The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development(ORD), Sustainable Technology Division(STD) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Scienomics, LLC for Perpetual Licences for MAPS platform, Amorphous Builder, TOWEE software and LAMMPS software for Government use. This software provides additional information and capabilities to the current Sceinomics database that supports the ongoing work in the (STD) laboratory. The nature of the software additions and plugins add the unique capability of graphically building complex polymetric molecular structures, creating amorphous mixtures containing many different molecular structures, interfacing with highperformance aprellel computers to simulate the molecular dynamics of these amorphous mixtures, and analyzing the data produced from the high performance computers. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 511210 The size standard for this code is $25 million. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability of meeting EPA requirements by submitting technical documentation to Garry A. Plear, Contract Specialist, located at 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, MS - NWD, Cincinnati, OH 45268, by e-mail
[email protected]. The technical documentation must establish that the software to be provided meets all requirements. Anticipated award date will be in September 2011. Documentation must be submitted to Garry A. Plear by 3:00 PM, September 19, 2011 in order to be considered by EPA. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement 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 or to proceed on a sole source basis. Point of Contact for this requirement is Garry A. Plear, Contract Specialist, at (513) 487-2054, or via e-mail at
[email protected]. Questions must be submitted in writing to Mr. Garry A. Plear via e-mail. Telephone queries will not be honored.