The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, has awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Fedwriters, Inc. (doing business as FWI), a certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business, to provide scientific, technical, and engineering support services. The $55 million contract has a base period of one year with four one-year option periods, and will primarily support NIST sites in Gaithersburg, MD and Boulder, CO, as well as partner sites. The services procured under this contract may include work in measurement science, design or modification of scientific instrumentation, data analysis and modeling, technical report writing, field investigations, and forensic analytics. The contract was set aside for 8(a) small businesses, with a NAICS code of 541690 and a size standard of $19 million. This competitive solicitation, which the incumbent contractor is not identified, will be posted on SAM.gov with proposals due approximately seven days after posting.
The scope of this contract aims to provide NIST with a wide range of scientific, technical, and engineering support services to enable the agency to continue advancing measurement science, standards, and technology. The contractor must have extensive project management capabilities as well as technical expertise across disciplines such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, and environmental science to perform and manage multiple concurrent task orders. Through this contract vehicle, NIST intends to issue over 300 task orders on a firm fixed price basis to meet its ongoing program requirements and research objectives.
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