STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT LICENSED PLATFORM SUBSCRIPTION

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information from qualified business sources for a customized online standards development platform licensed subscription. The platform should be able to manage committees, working groups, and other fora to collaborate and create standards-based documents. The required functionality includes committee participation, discussion threads, balloting/voting, commenting on documents, editing of documents, and archiving. The platform should be highly configurable and accessible 24/7. • The platform should be able to manage up to 500 authorized users, 75 committees/groups, and 275 ballots. • The platform should have a means to track and archive discussions among participants. • The platform should have a voting mechanism for approving committee-led document development. • The platform should be able to store previous document versions and final documents. • The platform should be able to compile comments into subsequent revisions and a final version. Interested parties should submit a capabilities statement discussing their core competencies, a description of their organization's capabilities, and previous experience providing similar services.