SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Sources Sought - Universal Memory Toolkit
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Contracting Office
- National Transportation Safety Board, National Transportation Safety Board, Acquisition Division, 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20594, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20594
- Solicitation Number
- PUR170322
- Archive Date
- 9/15/2017
- Point of Contact
- Wendy Kwong, Phone: 2023146109
- E-Mail Address
-
wendy.kwong@ntsb.gov
(wendy.kwong@ntsb.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. FURTHER, IT DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF DATA OR ANY OTHER COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. This is a Sources Sought notice with the intent to solicit to a single source to Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), Ministry of Security & Justice under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) because NFI is the only known responsible source as the original developer and holds the proprietary rights to the hardware and software product described in this notice. Notice is provided as information to the marketplace, market research, and is an invitation for any other qualified companies to express their interest in and demonstrate their capability to perform the anticipated work. Background The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has a need to purchase NFI's Memory Toolkit II that is a combination of hardware and software. This memory toolkit will serve as the universal memory chip reader. The product will be used to attempt to recover accident data on memory chips for devices such as mobile phones, GPS, and other recovered devices. Required Capabilities The memory toolkit requires hardware and software that works universally with various memory chips. Hardware is used to make a physical connection, generate signals and supply power to the memory chip. The software executes the command sets to access data in various types of memory chips. The memory toolkit has the capability to recover data from damaged or password-protected devices, from old to new memory chips. The products also come with lifetime support. Sources capable of fully satisfying the above requirements are invited to submit capability statements/expressions of interest providing the Government the necessary information to determine actual capability. At a minimum, this information, which must be prepared specifically in response to this notice should, must include: (1) identification of company or organization; (2) an assertion of existing, full technical capability to meet proposed requirements; (3) business office point(s) of contact; (4) notification of business size and /or special status; and (5) any additional information that may be useful to the successful procurement of the requirements, if solicited. These expressions of interest shall adhere to a five (5)-page submission limit plus web links and any specialized product descriptions. The statement of qualifications should include only information that clearly demonstrates the respondent's capabilities, expertise, and experience to perform the requirements described in this notice. General marketing material should not be included. The NTSB prefers that companies do not submit proprietary material. However, the Government recognizes that proprietary data may be a part of your submittal. If so, clearly mark such restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by NTSB. Parties must submit information within seven days of publication of this notice. NTSB will not return capability statements and the supporting documentation submitted in response to this notice. Telephone responses and inquiries will not be accepted. You may email questions regarding this notice to the issuing office to Wendy Kwong, Contract Specialist via email at: wendy.kwong@ntsb.gov. Please note: The NTSB email server accepts up to 15 megabytes per email, including attachments. For this reason, separate emails will be accepted. Please confirm receipt with the designated point of contact.
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