NOI to Sole Source.pdf

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE REPRESENTING MARKET

RESEARCH ONLY.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS, INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

NO CONTRACT AWARD WILL RESULT FROM THIS NOTICE.

The National Institutes of Health intends to award a sole source acquisition to Johnson Controls, Inc. under their GSA contract for maintaining the Building Automation system and Physical Security Systems to include security surveillance equipment, personal access card system (PACS), duress systems, and barrier systems installed at the NIH Research Triangle Park campus.

• The Johnson Controls, Inc. Metasys Building Automation system was installed throughout the campus to provide critical monitoring and control of room temperatures, humidity’s, lighting and animal bedding and feed distribution.

This system ensures that proper scientific criteria is established and maintained during research projects. In order to ensure continued reliability of information, in accordance with AAALAC accreditation and research requirements, this system must be maintained in proper working order 24 hours per day, 365 days per year and ensuring that emergency response can be acquired at any time.

• The Johnson Controls Pegasys (P)ersonal (A)ccess (C)ontrol (S)ystem provides secure controlled and monitored access throughout the NIEHS facility in the form of secured doors with card readers and door contacts. The Pegasys PACS system provides real time access monitoring and alarm monitoring through workstations located throughout the facility at Security Posts and Security Operations Centers.

Due to the proprietary nature of the currently installed Building Automation System, and personal access card system, Johnson Controls, Inc. is the only contractor capable of providing the maintenance and upgrades of these systems.

In accordance with FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B), Johnson Controls, Inc. is the only source capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services. The small business size standard for this code is $27.5 in average revenue over the past 3 years.

The small business prime contractor will be required to meet the requirements of FAR Clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, in that “at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.” Your Capability Statement should demonstrate how you plan to meet this requirement.

REQUIREMENTS

POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN

THEIR RESPONSE:

The Capability Statement is limited to 10 pages in size.

The contractor MUST include the following in their Capability Statement,

(1) the company name, address, phone number/e-mail address for a POC at the company, certification of business size, cage code and DUNS number,

(2) staff expertise and experience along with their availability to perform work on this specific requirement,

(3) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the requirements of FAR

52.219-14,

(4) prior completed commercial and/or government projects of similar nature, (contract number, duration of contract, dollar value of contract, and Customer

POC).

(5) must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM), formerly known as the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through https://www.sam.gov.

SUBMISSION

Interested vendors capable of furnishing the Government with the services specified in this Sources Sought notice should submit their Capability Statement to the e-mail address below. Capability Statements are due March 27, 2024 at 3:00PM Eastern Time (ET).

The Capability Statement must reference Sources Sought Number 75N99024R00025.

All responsible sources may submit a Capability Statement. Those Capability Statements received by the date and time identified above will be considered by the agency. Capability Statements must be submitted via e-mail only to Andrew Gathogo at andrew.gathogo@nih.gov. Faxed or postal mailed copies will not be accepted.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:joshua.blow@nih.gov

DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in responses. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate.

Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published on Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).