LUX RESEARCH NANOMATERIALS SERVICE

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) provides technical and administrative support on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council. The NSET Subcommittee is the coordinating body for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The NSET Subcommittee has approved a budget that includes funds for NNCO to subscribe to the LRNI service for FY16. This service will provide access for all NSET Subcommittee members to the series of reports on nanotechnology that LUX Research has prepared over the past several years, and any new reports that they publish over the coming year. These reports are the most frequently cited source of information on nanotechnology investment trends and market opportunities, both within the United States and around the world. The breadth of detailed information available through the LRNI service is not available from any other source. The NSET Subcommittee requires access to the LUX Research information in order to be better able to compare other sources of information to the LUX Research information, and therefore to evaluate the validity of the highly cited LUX Research reports. Purchasing this subscription to the LRNI service will also provide NNCO staff members and NSET Subcommittee members with direct access to LUX Research analysts who prepared these reports, and will therefore enable direct communication concerning the methodologies that LUX has been using to develop its nanotechnology reports, thus allowing for better assessment of the validity of those reports. The period of performance will be the base year of January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016, with one option year with a period of January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017. Firms that believe they can supply an equivalent product are invited to submit capability statements no later than December 8, 2015, for consideration by the NSF.