Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Testing and Evaluation

PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE ISSUED. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services. This procurement is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.5. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing this acquisition as a Request for Quote (RFQ) under solicitation number DJF-16-1200-Q-0000022. The FBI intends to acquire services on a sole source basis from the Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory (RMSL) for testing and evaluation of chemicals listed on the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) list.

The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source by a request for proposal. The government intends to award this effort pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C 3304 (a) (2) and further defined by FAR Subpart 6.302--2 - Unusual and Compelling Urgency. This requirement will not be set-aside for small business and will be covered under NAICS code 541/541690.

The anticipated contract will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract with a period of performance of 5 months. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. This synopsis is published to notify potential offerors that this is anticipated to be a contract awarded on a sole-source basis. All responsible sources may identify their interest by submitting a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. The Statement of Work (SOW) supporting this effort is Law Enforcement Sensitive (LES) and will be provided upon request and based upon review of the offeror's capability statement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Responses shall be submitted via electronic submission to Eliana York at eliana.york@ic.fbi.gov. The due date for responses to this RFQ is on or before 25 January, 2015 at 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Responses must be marked as follows: "RFQ# DJF-16-1200-Q-0000022." No phone calls will be accepted and voice mail messages will neither be acknowledged nor returned.