| A -- Research and Development Services for NIST Optical Technology Division |
| Program Summary |
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| Description |
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General Information
| Document Type: |
Sources Sought Notice |
| Solicitation Number: |
Reference-Number-NB841000-8-00001rs |
| Posted Date: |
Feb 05, 2008 |
| Original Response Date: |
Feb 12, 2008 |
| Current Response Date: |
Feb 12, 2008 |
| Original Archive Date: |
Feb 27, 2008 |
| Current Archive Date: |
Feb 27, 2008 |
| Classification Code: |
A -- Research & Development |
| Naics Code: |
541712 -- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) |
Contracting Office Address
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640, UNITED STATES
Description
This is a request for information/sources sought notice (RFI) to assist the Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the purpose of completing market research to establish and prioritize research needs in support of key Optical Technology Division mission. These activities include support for the Low Background Infrared Facility (LBIR), the Medium Background (MBIR) Facility, the (SIRCUS) Facility, Infrared Optical Properties of Materials Lab, the Hyperspectral Image Projector Lab, (AIRI) Facility, and the Absolute Aperture Area Measurement (AAAM) Facility, optical ray tracing and diffraction modeling to accomplish tasks for NIST, NASA and DOD in the area of optical calibration. The area of scientific research includes experimental design, hardware design and assembly, data acquisition, analysis, and written and oral reporting. Medium level technical support will be required small scale experiments and improvement of existing hardware. Lower level technical support will be required for routine maintenance of hardware and the laboratory space. Specifically, research will be targeting optical characterization of materials and radiometric calibration. Support of test equipment will entail the use of sophisticated data acquisition hardware and software as well as the maintenance of large scale vacuum chambers, large scale refrigerators, optical characterization systems, laser source systems, and detector standards for the visible and infrared. Laboratory maintenance for computer systems, simple vacuum pumps, electrical power, water and chemical storage and handling will also be required. The range of work includes from scientific research to laboratory maintenance. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND NO UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS WILL BE ENTERTAINED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. NIST seeks information from industry sources with CURRENT, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM INTEGRATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AREAS so that NIST can determine an appropriate acquisition strategy to satisfy its requirement. NIST IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN RECEIVING INPUT FROM SMALL BUSINESSES WHO CAN PROVIDE THE DESCRIBED CAPABILITIES: Any potential source shall exhibit research and development capabilities in Low Background Infrared Facility (LBIR), the Medium Background (MBIR) Facility, the (SIRCUS) Facility, Infrared Optical Properties of Materials Lab, the Hyperspectral Image Projector Lab, (AIRI) Facility, and the Absolute Aperture Area Measurement (AAAM) Facility, optical ray tracing and diffraction modeling.
HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE- Potential sources that possess capabilities to perform the aforementioned work are encouraged to respond to this RFI and provide the following information:
1) Detailed narrative describing the organization/companies? current capabilities that are directly relevant to the above types of requirements;
2) Description of each similar project completed by your organization/company as a prime Contractor or as a significant Subcontractor within the past three (3) years, including as much of the following information as possible: (a) dollar amount of the contract; (b) brief description of the technical requirements of the project? (c) contract type used on the project (e.g., firm-fixed price, labor-hour, time-and-materials, cost plus-fixed fee, cost-plus-award-fee and cost plus-incentives-fee, etc); (d) indication of how long the project took to complete from start to finish; and (e) name, address, point of contact and phone number of the customer organization for which the work was done.
3) Current socio-economic status of your company as it relates to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 541712, Research and Development Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences Services for which the size standard is 500 employees.
4) Indication of whether your company currently has an active registration in the Central Contractor?s Registration at www.ccr.gov.
Your submission must be received in this office by 4:00 PM Gaithersburg, Maryland time on February 12, 2008 by email : randy.schroyer@nist.gov . The capability statements shall be not more than twenty (20) pages on 8.5? x 11? paper, with 1? margins and a 12 point, commonly used font such as, Courier New or Times Roman in length. The Government reserves the right to contact any of the submitters to attain further market research. This contact may be in the form of direct Government/Submitter meeting(s). THIS RFI ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOPOSALS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT COMMITTED TO AWARD A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. RESPONSES SHALL NOT INCLUDE COST OR PRICING INFORMATION. PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS RFI NOTICE BY EMAIL TO randy.schroyer@nist.gov .
Point of Contact
Randy Schroyer, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6314, Fax (301) 975-3839, Email randy.schroyer@nist.gov - Mario Checchia, Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer, Phone 301-975-8407, Fax 301-975-2541, Email mario.checchia@nist.gov
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