SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- NIST/National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program(NEHRP)-EARTHQUAKE Structural and Engineering Research
- Notice Date
- 3/30/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- 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-NB8610000-7-00861mac
- Response Due
- 4/13/2007
- Archive Date
- 4/14/2007
- Description
- This is a request for information/sources sought notice to assist the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), Building and Fire Research Laboratory in completing market research for a specified research, knowledge development, synthesis, and technology transfer procurement that is planned for fiscal year 2007. No solicitation is currently available, and no unsolicited proposals will be entertained as a result of this sources sought notice. The planned NAICS code to be used is 541710, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) has a long history of serving the measurements and standards needs of the building and fire safety industries. In this service, NIST BFRL performs problem-focused structural engineering research related to buildings and other structures. Key areas of structural engineering research include risk assessment and mitigation (including performance prediction and evaluation) for earthquakes, extreme winds, fires, floods, explosions, and impacts. The earthquake-related research is performed under the auspices of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This problem-focused research concentrates on efforts that support the development of national model building codes, standards, guidelines, enabling tools, and industry practices. This research complements research implementation activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Some of this research links results of fundamental (?basic?) research that has been completed under National Science Foundation grants to universities with FEMA?s implementation efforts. In 2003, the Applied Technology Council (ATC) completed a study for NIST that culminated in a report, ATC-57, The Missing Piece: Improving Seismic Design and Construction Practices. In this report, ATC outlined a broad problem-focused research, knowledge development, synthesis, and technology transfer program for NIST to follow in fulfilling its role within NEHRP ? this outline has become known as a ?roadmap? for NIST earthquake hazard reduction research. The purpose of this contract is to develop a NIST partnership with practitioners and research institutions that will be used to implement the ?roadmap.? As NIST may support NEHRP in the duties noted above, NIST seeks information from industry sources with CURRENT, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND CURRENT EXPERTISE IN THE FOLLOWING research, knowledge development, synthesis, and technology transfer AREAS so that NIST can determine an appropriate acquisition strategy to satisfy its requirements. NIST is especially interested in receiving input from small businesses who can meet the below described capabilities : Detailed working knowledge of practitioner needs, analytical methods, and experimental and theoretical research in the seismic, structural, and geotechnical engineering fields; Current structural engineering, geotechnical, earthquake science, and earthquake engineering experience and expertise; Current capability and experience in identifying and prioritizing needs and resources for the existing model building code development process; Current capability and experience in performing experimental structural engineering research, including access to facilities that are included in the George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). Current knowledge of available non-linear finite elements and other advanced structural analysis techniques, as well as access to computational facilities capable of supporting the analyses; Current capability and experience in strategic planning, performance management and measurement, information support (including program analysis, technical writing, and product development and dissemination), and the development of public outreach materials, both printed and web-based; and, Current capability and experience gathering information, effectively communicating research results and writing technical resources (such as guidelines and manuals). HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE- Potential sources that possess capabilities to perform the aforementioned Earthquake Structural and Engineering Research Services are encouraged to respond to this notice and provide the following information: 1) Detailed narrative describing the company/organization?s current capabilities that are directly relevant to the aforementioned type of requirements; 2) Description of each similar project completed by your company/organization 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) 541710, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences 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 1:00 PM EST on Friday, April 13, 2007 by post office mail, email or fax at the following address: NIST; Attn: Mario Checchia; Contract Specialist, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640; Fax: (301) 975-2541; Email: Mario.Checchia@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 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCES SOUGHT 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 SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BY EMAIL TO mario.checchia@nist.gov.
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