# Brandname Keysight ADS Software Licenses and Software Maintenance Agreements - Award Notice

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/1333nd24qnb030432

- Solicitation number: 1333ND24QNB030432
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as combined synopsis and solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Nsca, LLC for $648,659.88
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NIST (1333ND)
- NAICS: 513210 Software Publishers
- Product or service code: 7A20 Application development software delivered by perpetual license, consisting of analysis, design, development, code, test and release packages associated with application development projects.
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Boulder, Colorado
- County: Boulder County (FIPS 08013). https://abierto.us/counties/boulder-county-co-08013
- City: Boulder. https://abierto.us/cities/boulder-co-0807850
- First posted: August 16, 2024
- Last posted: October 1, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6c8efa7c377a4c96951ef90523f442f7/view

## Description

**8/22/24:** The offers due date is extended to 8/27/24 at 2:00pm ET. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) RF technology division requires software and software maintenance agreements to support the simulation, modeling, and design of state-of-the-art measurement instrumentation for integrated circuits (ICs) working from DC to terahertz frequencies. These simulation tools will be used to design passive calibration devices and active electronic circuits as required by CHIPS metrology programs.

This division routinely prepares circuit layouts for III-V semiconductor foundries using their process design kits (PDK) that works with the Keysight Advanced Design System (ADS) software suite. Please see attached Combined Synopsis/Solicitation 1333ND24QNB030432 and Attachment 1 Statement of Work and Attachment 2 Brand-name Justification for full details.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Nsca, LLC (UEI FJHUJNJW92F3)
- Contract: 1333ND24PNB030614, purchase order
- Obligated: $648,659.88
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 1333ND24QNB030432 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1333ND (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1333ND24PNB030614_1341_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- August 16, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice aef361bb757a4db1959114bd93d68c4e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/aef361bb757a4db1959114bd93d68c4e/view
- August 22, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 5bf607e04c2248b996db84b5da2170bb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5bf607e04c2248b996db84b5da2170bb/view
- October 1, 2024: Award notice. Notice 6c8efa7c377a4c96951ef90523f442f7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6c8efa7c377a4c96951ef90523f442f7/view

## Points of contact

- Nina Lin, nina.lin@nist.gov
- Forest Crumpler, forest.crumpler@nist.gov

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