EFFLUENT TANK SSN.pdf

Request for Information/ Sources Sought Notice- Effluent Treatment System

Notice ID: OFPM_TEAM_SS26-03

Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought

Response Date: 12/29/2025 at 2:00 PM EST

Product Service Code: Z2ND Repair or Alteration of Sewage and Waste Facilities

NAICS Code: 237110 - Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction

BACKGROUND:

This is a notice to Request Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice (SSN) from industry to help determine the availability and capability of small business and other than small businesses that can provide any or all the services required by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST is conducting market research to identify potential sources that can provide repair / rehabilitation of the site effluent agitation & PH treatment wet well on the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

This notice is strictly to request information for market research purposes to help NIST determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this requirement. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation, or commitment by the NIST.

OVERVIEW:

The NIST Gaithersburg Site Effluent Treatment System was built in the mid-1990’s, the system was designed to comply with Washington Sanitary Sewer Commission (WSSC) effluent discharge requirements. The system, centered around a large concrete tank provides primary effluent treatment with a stir / chop agitator system and primary PH monitoring and treatment.

Generally, the entire system needs to be renovated and brought back to operable condition with all life safety systems replaced and updated. To do so will require a complete internal replacement of all tank components. This includes an entire new work surface and all support members, safety blowers and heaters, new stir / agitation motor and shaft system, and demolition and replacement of all electrical wiring and conduit.

All the work above complicated by environmental factors and the presence of site raw effluent.

The contractor doing this remediation and repair will need to have specialized equipment and experience to deal with the multitude of environmental issues and trained qualified staff to complete this work.

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

NIST anticipates that it will require construction services similar to those in the draft SOW beginning June 2026. Period of performance is estimated to be 10 months.

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES:

NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the draft SOW. Thereafter, NIST encourages those sources to submit the following:

• Company Summary:

1. Notice ID and its Title for this posting.

2. Your company’s name, address, website address and Unique Entity Identifier (if the company has one).

3. Company’s point of contact, their phone number, and their email address

4. Your company’s size status as it relates to NAICS 237110 - Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction.

5. See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information.

6. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov.

• Draft SOW: Please provide any suggestions to improve the draft SOW in a way that makes it more clear and as competitive as possible.

• Potential evaluation factors for upcoming solicitation: Please provide any suggested evaluation factors for award that you believe would be meaningful for NIST to consider using for the forthcoming competitive acquisition.

• Standard Commercial Pricing: If your company has standard commercial pricing for its standard commercial products/services, please explain what it includes. You may also provide an estimate for the draft SOW requirements if you would like to do so. Do not include a proposal with specific pricing for the draft SOW; such information will not be considered. NIST will use commercial pricing information to help it estimate a fair market price for the upcoming acquisition. Please note this section does not count toward the page limit.

• Safety and Handling: Tell us about your company’s safety program.

• Operational Requirements: Tell us about your company’s capability to work within a confined space containing site raw effluent and cleaning the wet well for remaining work.

Cite similar projects completed in the last 3 years.

• Subcontracting Compliance: If your company is a small business for the NAICS code included in this notice, indicate whether your company can comply with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022), if this acquisition were to be conducted as a total small business set-aside and provide supporting explanation. See https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_219_14 for the full text of this clause.

• Existing Contract Vehicles: Indicate whether your company has a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract or other federal contract under which NIST would be authorized to place an order., if so, provide a copy of that contract (including contract number, name and contact information for contracting officer, contract SOW, contract terms and conditions and contract prices).

https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_219_14

The Government reserves the right to follow up on a one-on-one basis with respondents to request additional information or clarifications about information submitted.

THIS IS STRICTLY MARKET RESEARCH. NIST WILL NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS

REGARDING THE RESULTS OF THIS MARKET RESEARCH. REQUESTS FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE PROVIDED

SUBMMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Interested parties shall submit responses to by the closing date of this notice to sasha.bradford@nist.gov

• Microsoft Word (or PDF) document, and 12-inch font.

• Submission shall not exceed ten (10) pages. Any cover page OR Standard

Commercial Pricing Sections is not included in the total page count.

• Respondents are requested to state their capabilities and expertise in clear and concise language.

• Respondents are strongly encouraged to avoid use of excessive marketing and sales language

COVER PAGE:

Respondents shall include the following Business information on the Cover Page:

1. Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance

2. Unique Entity ID

3. Company Name

4. Company Address

5. company website address,

6. Company Point of Contact, Phone, and Email address

7. Validation of business status under NAICS: 237110 - Water and Sewer Line and

Related Structures Construction

8. See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information.

9. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov.

This notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of NIST.

NIST does not intend to award a contract based on responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. As a result of this notice, NIST may issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP).

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NIST shall arise because of a response to this notice or NIST’s use of such information as either part of our evaluation mailto:sasha.bradford@nist.gov

CONFIDENTIALITY:

Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in a response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary information as it deems appropriate in establishing requirements for its upcoming acquisition.

TEAMING ARRANGEMENTS:

Firms seeking to respond to this notice as a team or to rely on subcontractors to perform any portion of the work must include the above-requested information and certifications for each entity on the proposed team or each proposed subcontractor. Any proposed teaming arrangement proposed by small business must comply with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022).

DISCLAIMER:

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. 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. Information provided will be used to help NIST assess alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received and other market research, NIST may publish a solicitation on SAM.gov or on GSA ebuy, depending on the acquisition strategy chosen by NIST. NIST will not consider proposals submitted directly in response to this notice for award. Responses received after the closing date for this notice may not be considered for market research purposes.