SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Support
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- 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-NB861000-7-XXXXX
- Response Due
- 4/16/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2007
- Description
- NIST EARTHQUAKE STRUCTURAL AND ENGINEERING REASEARCH RELATED TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES This is a request for information/sources sought notice (RFI) to assist the Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in completing market research to establish and prioritize research needs and technology transfer activities in support of key National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) program activities to improve the understanding of earthquakes and their effects on communities and regions, buildings, structures, and lifelines. Potential sources will 1) perform various studies and consultations that will assist NIST in formulating and conducting problem-focused structural engineering research; 2) establish and prioritize measures, research needs, and technology transfer activities in support of key NEHRP program activities; and, 3) perform program integration and project management services and convene or conduct workshops and expert task groups in specific areas of NEHRP research for a procurement that is planned for fiscal year 2007 with a sixty(60) month period of performance. No solicitation is currently available, and no unsolicited proposals will be entertained as a result of this RFI. 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. This problem-focused research concentrates on efforts that support the development of national model building codes, standards, guidelines, enabling tools, and industry practices. Some of this research advances the results of basic research that has been completed under the auspices of the National Science Foundation toward field application. Complementing its role in performing problem-focused research related to earthquake risk evaluation and mitigation, NIST is the lead agency for the NEHRP, the Federal Government?s program to reduce earthquake-based risks to life and property. In addition to NIST, the NEHRP program agencies include the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). As NIST may support NEHRP in the duties noted above, 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 below described capabilities : Any potential source will be tasked to use its structural engineering, earthquake science, and earthquake engineering experience and expertise to perform studies and consultations, convene expert task groups, provide the subject matter expertise necessary to plan, organize and conduct workshops in the following areas: 1) establish and prioritize research needs and technology transfer activities in support of key NEHRP program activities to improve the understanding of earthquakes and their effects on communities and regions, buildings, structures, and lifelines. These studies may include interdisciplinary research that involves engineering, physical sciences, social sciences, economics, and decision sciences; 2) establish and prioritize research needs and technology transfer activities in support of developing structural integrity; progressive collapse mitigation; seismic design; wind engineering; blast and impact resistance; lifeline engineering, flood, snow and ice, and other provisions in National model building codes, standards, and guidelines. These activities may include multi-hazard failure analysis; 3) establish and prioritize measures that are needed to promote the adoption of earthquake and other hazards reduction and safety measures by Federal, State, and local governments; National standards and model code organizations; architects and engineers; building owners; and others with roles in planning and constructing buildings, other structures, and lifelines. These measures may include, but would not be limited to, earthquake scenario activities and information repository formation; 4) establish and prioritize measures that are needed to develop and implement performance-based structural design standards, guidelines, practices, and structural performance prediction and evaluation tools for earthquakes and other extreme loads; 5) establish and prioritize measures that are needed to improve structural design and construction productivity for mitigating the effects of earthquakes and other extreme loads. These measures may include NIST interaction with organizations such as the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) to facilitate improved building information modeling and electronic data exchange in the structural and architectural engineering arenas, encompassing life-cycle planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings and lifelines; 6) perform technical peer review of NIST and NEHRP research program activities; and, 7) support the Federal Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction (ICSSC). Any potential source shall exhibit capabilities 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. Also, any potential source shall have the independence to be recognized to interact and have the acceptance of the NIST and all Federal NEHRP agencies, their representatives, and representatives of Federal, State, and local governments; National standards and model code organizations; architects and engineers; building owners; and others with roles in planning and constructing buildings, other structures, and lifelines. 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) 541330, Engineering Services for which the size standard is $4.5 million. 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 12:00 PM EST on Monday, April 16, 2007 by post office mail, email or fax at the following address: NIST; Attn: Sherri Miller; Contract Specialist, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640; Fax: (301) 975-2541; Email: Sherri.Miller@nist.gov . Please send a carbon copy of all correspondences to Mario Checchia at mario.checchia@nist.gov . The capability statements shall be not more than twenty (20) pages on 8.5 inch x 11 inch paper, with 1 inch 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 SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE 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 sherri.miller@nist.gov. PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BY EMAIL TO sherri.miller@nist.gov.
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
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