NIST Wireless Reverberation Testing Chamber & Devices
Notice of Intent to Sole Source The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with Bluetest Aktiebolag under the authority of 41 USC 3304(a)(1) for Wireless Reverberation Testing Chamber & Devices. Background Information and Basis for Sole Source The Smart Connected Systems Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing new industrial wireless research testbed capabilities for the development of standardization and guidance for next-generation wireless systems deployed in mission-critical factories and other mission-critical environments. To support the development of the testbed, NIST is procuring a wireless reverberation testing chamber and a mesh network testing system to be used in conjunction with robotic and process control testbed scenarios. The testing system will be used to conduct experiments involving various deployment configuration options. The results of the experiments will be used to help advance state-of-the-art industrial wireless deployment approaches, and test and evaluation strategies. Please see the attached Specification document for the requirements of the Wireless Reverberation Testing Chamber. To meet the Government’s research objectives, the test chamber and the mesh system will be connected to the current government equipment in the industrial wireless system testbed. The Bluetest RTS25 is the only system that satisfies the interface requirements providing the ability to use our current software developed under previous projects for chamber control. The Industrial Wireless Systems lab already has another Bluetest Chamber in possession with control software. This chamber is the only chamber that is compatible with the software base currently established, and procuring another chamber of a different kind will put an unnecessary burden on the Government to develop new software and conduct additional system integration. Source sought AMDTC-23-0003 was posted on Mar 02, 2023 to seek all responsible sources, particularly small business concerns and sources capable of providing products Made in America that can meet the Government’s requirements. No response was received. General The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334515 - Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals. The small business size standard is 750 employees. Bluetest Aktiebolag, Inc is an other than small business under this NAICS code. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by the listed due date, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response due date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Hing Pan Wong at hnw6@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at hnw6@nist.gov no later than the aforementioned due date. 1333ND23QNB670199 Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology
3/21/23, 12:50 PM NIST Wireless Reverberation Testing Chamber & Devices
This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by 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. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. Background: The Smart Connected Systems Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing new industrial wireless research testbed capabilities to the development of standardization and guidance for next generation wireless systems deployed in mission critical factories and other mission critical environments. To support the development of the testbed, NIST is procuring a wireless reverberation testing chamber and a mesh network testing system to be used in conjunction with robotic and process control testbed scenarios. The testing system will be used to conduct experiments involving various deployment configuration options. The results of the experiments will be used to help advance the state-of-the-art in industrial wireless deployment approaches, and test and evaluation strategies. Requirement: Please see the attached Specification document for additional information. Instructions: NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, particularly small business concerns and sources capable of providing products Made in America that meet the attached product requirements/specifications. The small business size standard associated with the NAICS code for this effort, 334515 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, is 750 employees. Please include your company’s size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. After the results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. Companies that are capable of providing a wireless reverberation testing chamber and a mesh network testing system meeting the attached product requirements/specifications are requested to email a written response describing their abilities to hingpan.wong@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: Name, Address, UEI number, CAGE code, and point of contact information of your company. Any information on the company’s small business certifications, if applicable. Description of your company’s capabilities as they relate to the requirement described in this notice. A description of your company’s previous experience providing similar products to those described in this notice. Indication of whether the products described in this notice are currently offered via your company’s GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), or other existing Government-wide contract vehicles; and, if so, the contract number(s) for those vehicles. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. Responses are limited to a total of ten (10) pages. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space. AMDTC-23-0003 Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology
3/2/23, 12:46 PM