The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 12.201-1, with the University of Chicago, 6054 S Drexel Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, for the renewal of Globus Connect Software Licenses and add on Premium Connect needed to support the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD campus.