Contract · Federal
Sonnet Software and Maintenance Support
COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY Gaithersburg, MD
- Status Closes in 14 days
- Amount Amount not listed
- Set-aside None (open competition)
Scope
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 Sonnet Software, 126 N.
Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202, for the Renewal of Sonnet software and Maintenance Support needed by NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The Sole Source determination is based on the need to renew Sonnet Software and Maintenance Support, which is needed by the Research Facility Operations (RFO) at NIST.
NIST currently has a license for the Sonnet platform by Sonnet Software and requires software support services to provide software license maintenance, security upgrades, and technical support for NIST Sonnet software packages.
Replacing the software license with another product would result in the following: - Require the purchase of new start-up licenses of the competing product at approximately 4-5 times the cost of purchasing this maintenance and support. - Retraining all staff in the use of the replacement product. - Rewriting all the code written in this product in the format/language/syntax of the new product.
Failure to renew Sonnet Software and support will prevent NIST from supporting the current version of the product as it becomes available, including IT security patches and updates.
Additionally, NIST will not be able to open tickets for vendor support, and critical IT support will fail to function.
Sonnet Software is the only known vendor capable of providing software licenses and maintenance support.
The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 513210 – Software Publishers.
The small business size standard is $47.0 M.
No solicitation package will be issued.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by 8:00 a.m.
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Timeline
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Posted
Nov 13, 2026
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Status
Closing soon
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