SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Research, Evaluation, and Performance Measurement and Program Monitoring Support for MEP
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541613
— Marketing Consulting Services
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-08-RP-0031
- Description
- This is a request for information/sources sought notice (RFI) to assist the Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the purpose of completing market research. A Contractor may be needed possessing the required qualifications, commitment, expertise, and experience in conceptualizing, organizing, and conducting high quality research and evaluations under stringent time constraints in the general areas of manufacturing trends and analysis, technology deployment, industrial marketing research, evaluation, and national program and center-specific performance measurement and reporting. Specific tasks required may include, but are not necessarily limited to: (1) Identification and policy implications of industry clusters for program planning purposes and strategy development; (2) Technology deployment; (3) Innovation and research and development trends; (4) Manufacturing trends and issues; (5) Market research, with particular attention to small and mid-sized manufacturing firms; (6) Evaluating methods and approaches to program monitoring. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND NO UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS WILL BE ENTERTAINED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. 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 requirements for these services. NIST IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN RECEIVING INPUT FROM SMALL BUSINESSES WHO CAN PROVIDE THE ABOVE DESCRIBED CAPABILITIES. 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/company's 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) 541613, Marketing Consulting Services for which the size standard is $6.5 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 3:00 PM EST on April 14, 2008 by email: january.magyar@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 RFI 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 RFI NOTICE BY EMAIL TO january.magyar@nist.gov.
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