Cleanroom Bench Hood

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A NOTICE OF SOLICITATION ISSUANCE. This is a special notice that includes a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or Proposal (RFP) or promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Government contractually for any services or supplies whatsoever. Responders are advised that the United States Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in the response to this RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in a future solicitation if one is issued. If a solicitation is released, it may be posted to the System Award Management (SAM) website, but it is not guaranteed, and it is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the Government website for a potential solicitation and additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The proposed project consists of the following: The contractor will provide a turn key replacement of existing clean bench hoods, including removal of existing hoods in accordance with the statement of work (SOW):

• disconnecting from existing exhaust,
• installing new clean bench hoods that are 8 feet wide and have a functional working space of at least 47 inches,
• ensuring all electrical connections are made accurately,
• connecting the exhaust duck work and properly sealing the second duct opening in each room to maintain an acceptable flow rate within the room,
• and installing replacement drop ceiling grids and panels as necessary to seal the ceiling.

This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 332313 Plate Work Manufacturing with Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard of 750 employees, for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Interest and Capability (to include cut sheets, drawings, previous installation examples, etc.) shall be limited to 20 pages (Times New Roman, 12 point font, 8-1/2 x 11.  Cut sheets and drawings are acceptable as 11 x 17) and submitted via e-mail to the contract specialist listed in this notice.

All correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads "NB640000-25-01098 Cleanroom Bench Hood Sources Sought". If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your e-mail.  All other attachments may be deleted.

All responses must reach the point of contact no later than 4:00 PM ET on 14 June 2025 and must include the following information: company name; address; phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and business size status for the applicable NAICS. Responses shall not include classified data. Proprietary information, if any, shall be kept to a minimum and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, SEGREGATE proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted via e-mail to the point of contact listed in this notice. Questions shall be sent to the point of contact via e-mail ONLY.  Verbal or FAX questions are not acceptable, and will not be answered

Please respond to the following points of interest for the government:

1. The work performance location of the work requirement is the NIST Gaithersburg, MD. Please respond by stating you intend to participate by bidding on project when and/or if this project is solicited?

1. If you do not agree with previously assigned NAICS. In your opinion, what is the appropriate NAICS for this work requirement and explain briefly as to why this is the better choice of NAICS for the attached statement of work (SOW)?