SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Support Services (CAPSS) - Draft Solicitation
- Notice Date
- 12/13/2022 11:49:31 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- 1333ND23QNB770030
- Response Due
- 1/13/2023 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 03/01/2023
- Point of Contact
- Hing Pan Wong, Phone: 3019756289, Keith Bubar, Phone: 3019758329
- E-Mail Address
-
hingpan.wong@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov
(hingpan.wong@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- The purpose of this notice is to release a Draft Solicitation for industry review and comment for this requirement.� This draft solicitation does not constitute a solicitation or a promise of a solicitation in the future. This draft solicitation is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreements or arrangements. PROPOSALS ARE NOT SOLICITED UNDER THIS DRAFT SOLICITATION. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non?restricted/non?proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. Background:� NIST intends on issuing a solicitation during FY2023 for the award of multiple IDIQ contracts for NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Support Services (CAPSS).� NIST previously posted Sources Sought Notice number AMDTC-21-0002 to SAM for market research purposes.� The requirements of the planned contract are described in the attached documents.� NIST anticipates that the requirement will be solicited as a 100% small business set aside under the NAICS code 541519- Other Computer Related Services, with a small business size standard of $30.0 million.� NIST anticipates that the official solicitation will require potential offerors to respond to the requirements of the IDIQ Performance Work Statement (PWS) along with the requirements of the PWS� for five (5) separate mock task orders under the IDIQ.� NIST anticipates the award of multiple IDIQ contracts to the offerors that represent the best value to the government based on the evaluation factors for award; however, NIST will reserve the right to award only one contract to the offeror that represents the best value to the government if the proposals received indicate that such a strategy would be in the best interests of the government.� Additionally, as a result of the official solicitation, NIST reserves the right to award all, some or none of the five (5) mock task orders that will be included in the official solicitation. The attached SF33 contains all elements of the anticipated official solicitation, in draft format.� Please see the attached document labeled �DRAFT 1333ND23QNB770030-CAPSS� and its attachments.� Previous Related Notices: AMDTC-21-0002 Purpose:� To ensure this effort is executed in the most effective manner possible, NIST is seeking industry input by (1) issuing a draft solicitation for prospective offerors� review, comments, recommendations and questions. The attached draft solicitation document and attachments may not be identical to the exact official solicitation document that NIST later posts; however, the attached documents are indicative of the anticipated official solicitation to be posted at a later date . The draft solicitation is intended to provide an opportunity for expert industry feedback into the tentative design of the proposed effort and the supporting procurement. Draft Solicitation Response Submission Instructions In order to improve the final solicitation, NIST encourages industry to submit questions and comments regarding any and all contents of the draft solicitation documents by no later than Friday, January 13, 2023, 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. Questions and comments submitted after this date will be accepted, but may have less impact on the content of the final solicitation depending on where the acquisition team is at in the final solicitation development process. �Additionally, questions and comments submitted after this deadline will not be answered in the anticipated subsequent amendment that includes NIST�s responses to industry questions/comments.� Following receipt of your questions and comments on the draft solicitation documents, NIST intends on analyzing them and formulating a consolidated set of pertinent questions/answers to provide via amendment to this notice. As a special point of interest for NIST, it is requested that prospective offerors identify draft solicitation elements that you believe must change (and how) and draft solicitation elements that must stay the same in the final solicitation in order to maintain your interest as a prospective prime contractor.� Additionally, NIST is specifically interested in elements of the draft solicitation documents that prospective offerors believe require clarification in order to allow for sufficient responses in eventual proposals.� However, the Government maintains complete authority and control over the content and any potential changes to the official solicitation. Due to the complex nature of this effort prospective offerors are highly encouraged to consider partnering with each other to be able to successfully perform all of the task areas identified in this contract.� Offerors should note the inclusion of the clause at FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting in the attached Draft Solicitation document. � Format of Responses: All questions/comments in response to the Draft Solicitation notice must be submitted by the deadline given above in Section 1, and must be submitted via email to both hingpan.wong@nist.gov and keith.bubar@nist.gov.� All emails submitted in response to this notice must reference the Notice number �1333ND23QNB770030� in the email subject line. It is expected that interested parties will respond to this Draft Solicitation notice with specific questions/comments on specific elements of the Draft Solicitation documents.� Proposals and/or Capabilities Statements are NOT being requested in response to this notice.� Responses to this Draft Solicitation shall be submitted in the form of questions/comments on the Draft Solicitation.� While each response shall clearly identify the company/entity that is submitting the response, the responses shall be submitted in accordance with the instructions below. IMPORTANT: Each question/comment provided in your response to this Draft Solicitation must be submitted using the attached Questions Submission Spreadsheet, and must include the following references: Attachment Title: XX Page #: XX Paragraph/Section #: XX Question/Comment: XXXXXX The Government might not consider questions not submitted using the required Questions Submission Spreadsheet. Protection and Encryption of Sensitive Data: To ensure secure, email communications, it is strongly recommended that all prospective offerors obtain email encryption capability. Use of unencrypted email by the submitter is done at the submitter�s own risk, but will be accepted by the Contracting Officer. Emails from the Contracting Officer may, at some point, be limited to prospective offerors with encryption capability. Next Steps:� Following the closing of this Draft Solicitation notice and NIST�s posting of an amendment to this notice with responses to pertinent questions/comments received by Industry, NIST anticipates posting an official solicitation to SAM.gov.� However, no specific timeline for the posting of the official solicitation can be provided at this time. *************************************** Attachments: Draft Sol 1333ND23QNB770030-CAPSS Final 12.13.22 Mock Task Order #1 Performance Work Statement Mock Task Order #2 Performance Work Statement Mock Task Order #3 Performance Work Statement Mock Task Order #4 Performance Work Statement Mock Task Order #5 Performance Work Statement Past Performance Questionnaire Pricing Worksheet Spreadsheet for Submitting Questions regarding Draft RFP 1333ND23QNB770030
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN06542158-F 20221215/221214015834 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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