SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ID 75N99025R00009 - Network Cabling.pdf

Notice ID 75N99025R00009

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE 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

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE.

The National Institutes of Health is conducting market research to determine the availability of small businesses capable of providing the following services for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) located in Durham, NC. Offeror will need to perform all the below requirements through self-performing or subcontracting.

Structured Network Cabling Services

National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a need to perform Structured Cabling services in support of engineering, operations, maintenance, and construction personnel for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The intent is to select a Structured Cabling services contractor that can perform a variety of structured cabling installation services for NIEHS. This effort includes, but not limited to the following services: end to end installation of horizontal network cable, end to end installation of horizontal and vertical backbone cable, pathway infrastructure installation and repair, demolition of existing abandoned communications infrastructure, mass notification and radio communication installation and/or repair, and mass notification and radio communication warranty services as identified in the individual task orders. All work will be performed at the Durham, NC campus.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is: 238210

The small business prime contractor may 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 if you can meet this requirement.

POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN

THEIR RESPONSE:

The contractor must include in their Capability Statement, (1) the company name, address, phone number/e-mail address for POC at the company, certification of business size, and DUNS number, (2) staff expertise and experience along with their availability to perform work on this specific contract, (3) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the requirements of FAR 52.219-14, (4) prior completed projects of similar nature, and (5) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, Notice ID 75N99025R00009 and other related information. The Capability Statement is limited to 10 pages in size.

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. 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@nih.gov Faxed or postal mailed copies will not be accepted.

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).