SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- INDUSTRY DAY AND PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE - ATTACHMENT 3 DRAFT AGENDA - ATTACHMENT 2 INDUSTRY DAY NOTICE - ATTACHMENT 1 DRAFT RFQ
- Notice Date
- 4/3/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-18-DRFP-0007
- Archive Date
- 5/5/2018
- Point of Contact
- Lynda M Horton, Phone: 3019753725, Keith Bubar, Phone: 3019758329
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynda.Horton@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov
(Lynda.Horton@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DRAFT RFQ ATTACHMENT 1 INDUSTRY DAY NOTICE DRAFT AGENDA Document Type: Special Notice Title: DRAFT Solicitation and Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference Notice - Open Innovation Opportunity (OIO) for the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) Office - BPA Notice Number: SB1341-18-DRFQ-0007 Response Time/Date: NLT 3:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 2018 Classification Code: R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services Set Asides: Total Small Business Set Aside NAICS Code: 541611-Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services Contracting Office Address: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Acquisition and Agreements Management (OAAM), Acquisition Management Division (AMD), 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640 Contact Points: Keith Bubar, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-8329 Lynda Horton, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-3725 ________________________________________ The purpose of this notice is to release a Draft Solicitation for industry review and comment and to announce a planned Industry Day for this requirement. This draft solicitation does not constitute a solicitation or a promise of a solicitation in the future. This draft solicitation is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreements or arrangements. QUOTATIONS ARE NOT SOLICITED UNDER THIS DRAFT SOLICITATION. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non‐restricted/non‐proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. ________________________________________ Background: NIST intends on issuing a solicitation during FY2018 for the award of multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) for Open Innovation Opportunity Services to support NISTs PSCR group. A sources sought notice was posted to FBO on October 23, 2017 with a closing date of 11/03/2017 for market research purposes. The requirements of the planned acquisition are described in the attached documents. NIST anticipates that the requirement will be solicited under GSA Schedule 00CORP- Professional Services Schedule, Categories (SIN's) 541(1 - 1000) and 874 1, as a 100% small business set aside under the NAICS code 541611-Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with a small business size standard of $15 million. NIST anticipates that the official solicitation will require potential offerors to respond to the requirements of the BPA SOW and the requirements of a Mock Call Order SOW. NIST anticipates the award of multiple BPAs to the offerors that represent the best value to the government based on the evaluation factors for award; however, NIST will reserve the right to award only one BPA to the offeror that represents the best value to the government if the quotations received indicate that such a strategy would be in the best interests of the government. NIST has attached a copy of the draft Request for Quotation (RFQ) SF 1449 for interested parties to review prior to the scheduled Industry Day. Purpose: To ensure this effort is executed in the most effective manner possible, NIST is seeking industry input by (1) issuing a draft solicitation for prospective quoters' review, comments, recommendations and questions, and by (2) holding an Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference to provide further information and encourage industry participation. The attached draft solicitation includes, among other sections, the draft BPA SOW, draft SOW for Mock Order, draft Evaluation Criteria and Quotation Instructions, along with the Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference Announcement. The draft solicitation is intended to provide an opportunity for expert industry feedback into the tentative design of the proposed effort and the supporting procurement. Your questions and input will be the basis of an Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference that NIST anticipates holding on MAY 3, 2018 AT NIST, BOULDER, CO location (see Section 2 for further details). ________________________________________ 1. Draft Solicitation Response Submission Instructions. In order to improve the final solicitation, NIST encourages industry to submit questions and comments regarding any and all contents of the draft solicitation documents by no later than FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018, 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Questions and comments submitted after this date will be accepted, but may have less impact on the content of the final solicitation depending on where the acquisition team is at in the final solicitation development process. Additionally, questions and comments submitted after this deadline will not be answered at the planned Industry Day. Following receipt of your questions and comments on the draft solicitation documents, NIST intends on analyzing them and formulating a consolidated set of pertinent questions/comments to respond to at the planned Industry Day. As a special point of interest for NIST, it is requested that prospective quoters identify draft solicitation elements that you believe must change (and how) and draft solicitation elements that must stay the same in the final solicitation in order to maintain your interest as a prospective quoter. Additionally, NIST is specifically interested in elements of the draft solicitation documents that prospective quoters believe require clarification in order to allow for sufficient responses in eventual proposals, Due to the complex nature of this effort prospective quoters are highly encouraged to consider partnering with each other to be able to successfully perform all of the task areas identified in this requirement. NIST plans to make the attendee list, along with contact information, public via an amendment to FBO; this will not include attendees that have stated their preference to not have their information shared. Additionally, NIST intends on posting a copy of the presentation(s) given at the planned Industry Day/Pre-Solicitation Conference to FBO following conclusion of the event. Format of Responses: All questions/comments in response to the Draft Solicitation notice must be submitted by the deadline given above in Section 1, and must be submitted via email to both Lynda.Horton@nist.gov and Keith.Bubar@nist.gov. All emails submitted in response to this notice must reference the Notice number "SB1341-18-DRFQ-0007" in the email subject line. It is expected that interested parties will respond to this Draft Solicitation notice with specific questions/comments on specific elements of the Draft Solicitation documents. Official quotations are NOT being requested in response to this notice. Responses to this Draft Solicitation are limited to a total of twelve (12) pages, single-spaced. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½‐inch x 11‐inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space. IMPORTANT: Each question/comment provided in your response to this Draft Solicitation must be submitted in a format similar to the following, and must include the following references: Attachment #: XX (This refers to the # assigned to each of Attachments # 1-3) Page #: XX Paragraph/Section #: XX Question/Comment: XXXXXX Protection and Encryption of Sensitive Data: To ensure secure, email communications, it is strongly recommended that all prospective quoters obtain email encryption capability. Use of unencrypted email by the submitter is done at the submitter's own risk, but will be accepted by the Contracting Officer. Emails from the Contracting Officer may, at some point, be limited to prospective quoters with encryption capability. Schedule updates, including additional opportunities for industry interchanges (industry day slides, and/or Industry Day Attendees List, etc.), may be provided via separate FBO notices. ________________________________________ 2. Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference NIST is hosting an Open Innovation Opportunity (OIO) Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference to discuss with industry stakeholders, in an open forum, the specific intentions of NIST regarding this upcoming opportunity supporting the PSCR. The Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at the NIST 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, Building 1, Main Auditorium, from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm MST. Only registered individuals will be able to participate in the conference. Reference Attachment 2 for further details and registration instructions for the Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference. This is a FREE event. Due to space constraints, NIST has placed a limit on attendees of four (4) individuals per organization. The Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference is designed to 1) clarify the intent of the effort; 2) respond to prospective quoters' questions (which must be submitted prior to April 20, 2018 at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, as stated above); and 3) provide interested parties with networking opportunities to explore potential teaming arrangements for this requirement. NIST is requesting industry feedback and questions prior to this Conference, as detailed in Section 1 above. Should you have any questions, you may contact Keith Bubar (keith.bubar@nist.gov) or Lynda Horton (Lynda.Horton@nist.gov). We thank you in advance for your input and participation! *************************************** Attachments: 1. Draft RFP (Includes BPA SOW, Mock Order SOW, Evaluation Criteria, and Instructions to Offerors) 2. Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference Announcement 3. Industry Day Draft Agenda
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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