SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Recovery – Standards-Related Roadmap Implementation
- Notice Date
- 4/20/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- 09-812-Smart-Grid-02
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2009
- Point of Contact
- Joseph L. Widdup, Phone: (301) 975-6324
- E-Mail Address
-
joseph.widdup@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PURPOSE: This is a sources sought notice to support NIST’s market research efforts to identify qualified potential sources for an acquisition that NIST intends to solicit in Spring 2009 and award in Summer 2009. This is not a solicitation, and proposals are not being requested at this time. BACKGROUND: Under Title XIII, Section 1305 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, the U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has “primary responsibility to coordinate development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for information management to achieve interoperability of smart grid devices and systems…” The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will provide additional funding through the Department of Energy to implement Section 1305 of EISA. NIST intends to use a portion of those ARRA funds to accelerate the development of the Smart Grid interoperability framework and model standards. This forthcoming acquisition represents a portion of that effort. So that NIST can ensure an appropriate acquisition strategy is employed for the forthcoming Smart Grid interoperability framework and standards acquisition, NIST seeks to identify sources that have current capability and experience to perform contract work for NIST in the following areas: 1. Participation in Smart Grid standards-related activities; 2. Facilitation of panels/workgroups that consist of representatives from relevant stakeholders; 3. Revising and implementing standards roadmaps; and 4. Developing and implementing testing and certification plans. TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE: Sources that have current capabilities and experience in the four areas specified above are asked to respond to this notice and provide the following in their response: a. A capability statement of a minimum one (1) page per area that provides a clear and complete narrative of current capabilities and experience for that specified area; b. A list of contracts/orders for work in these areas, including: i) Customer for whom work was performed; ii) Description of the nature of the work performed; iii) Period of performance when it was performed; iv) Indication of whether the source submitting a response to this notice was the prime contractor or was a subcontractor, as well as percent of work of entire prime contract amount performed (in terms of dollars) by employees of the source; v) Contract type utilized by the source submitting a response to this notice (e.g., cost-reimbursement, firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials, labor-hour); and vi) Total contract amount performed by the source submitting a response to this notice. c. Indication of whether the source believes that its accounting system is adequate for determining costs applicable to federal cost-reimbursement contracts that are subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (Chapter 1 of Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). In other words, the source should indicate whether it believes that its accounting system is adequate to be used for a cost-reimbursement contract as described in FAR Subpart 16.3--Cost-Reimbursement Contracts. d. Indication of whether the source's accounting system has been audited by a cognizant federal audit agency (e.g., Defense Contract Audit Agency) within the past year. All responses to this notice shall be emailed to joseph.widdup@nist.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: N/A, United States
- Record
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