SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Assistance with State Relations
- Notice Date
- 3/5/2007
- 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, MD, 20899-1640, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-SS-07-0001
- Response Due
- 3/27/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2007
- Description
- This is a sources sought notice to assist NIST in completing market research for a future procurement. No solicitation is currently available, and no unsolicited proposals will be entertained as a result of this sources sought notice. The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program at the U.S. Department of Commerce?s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD is a nationwide network of resources transforming manufacturers to compete globally, supporting greater supply chain integration, and providing access to technology for improved productivity. MEP Centers work directly with area manufacturers to provide expertise and services tailored to their most critical needs, which range from process improvements and worker training to business practices and applications of new technology. Solutions are offered through a combination of direct assistance from Center staff and outside consultants. The MEP system of Centers and field offices in all fifty states and Puerto Rico is funded by federal, state, local and private resources to provide these services to manufacturers. The centers provide a mechanism to integrate federal and state public policy goals, responding to market forces and addressing the needs of individual manufacturers. To make the most of this partnership, NIST MEP strives to balance the priorities of U.S. national policy with those of state partners to create a robust and effective program providing U.S. manufacturers with the tools they need to grow and remain globally competitive. Given the unique nature of the MEP network, success depends on the understanding and alignment of state policy goals and objectives with national policy to create a partnership that leverages the strength of each entity. NIST MEP seeks information on potential sources with experience and current expertise in the following areas: professional relationships with state science and technology and economic development agencies and leadership in most or all 50 states; understanding of current trends in state science and technology and economic development policy; familiarity with current trends in state science and technology agencies and economic development research, development, and investments to promote technology transfer and economic growth; understanding of state and local agency priorities as they support technology-based economic development; familiarity with NIST MEP?s ?next generation? strategy (dated 3/6/06) with its increased focus on innovation and technology diffusion; and knowledge of manufacturing extension programs and their relationships to state science and technology and economic development priorities. Companies that currently possess such capability and have prior experience providing services using this expertise are encouraged to respond to this notice and provide the following information by email to JLDavis@nist.gov no later than March 27, 2007: 1. Narrative providing evidence of expertise in the above areas. The narrative should include descriptions of similar projects worked on by your company as a prime contractor or as a significant subcontractor within the past five (5) years, including: (a) dollar amount of the contract; (b) detailed description of the technical AND schedule requirements of that project; (c) a copy of sample reports completed under that project (if releasable to NIST); (d) contract type used on that project (e.g., firm-fixed-price, labor-hour, time-and-materials, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, etc.); (e) indication of how long the project took/will take to complete from start to finish, and (f) name, address, point of contact, phone number and email address at customer organization for which the work was/is being done. 2. Current socioeconomic status of your company as it relates to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 813920, Professional Organizations (see NAICS table at http://www.sba.gov/size/sizetable2002.html); also, indicate whether your company is currently certified as an 8(a) small business, a hubzone small business or a service-disabled veteran-owned small business for the aforementioned NAICS code. 3. Indication of whether your company has its own General Services Administration (GSA) Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) Schedule 874 contract that currently includes Special Identification No. for Professional Organizations and, if so, what the contract number is for that contract and the range of labor categories and current fully burdened hourly rates for each labor category under that contract. 4. Indication of whether your company currently has an active registration in the Central Contractor Registration at www.ccr.gov. PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BY EMAIL TO JLDAVIS@NIST.GOV. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS MARCH 27, 2007.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Gaithersburg, MD
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN01243635-W 20070307/070305220215 (fbodaily.com)
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