Data Support for Net Zero house

FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ANNOUNCEMENT: SPECIAL NOTICE

CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66

SUBJECT: Continuation of Data Acquisition Support Services

SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB732030-19-01862

CONTACT POINTS: BRIAN JAMIESON, Contracts Specialist (301) 975-8276;

TODD HILL, Contracting Officer (301) 975-8802

DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Acquired Data Solutions 11900 Parklawn Dr., Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 for continuation of support services necessary to enable continued operation of the data acquisition process at the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Faculty, used by the National Institutes of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

***** Sole source determination is based on Acquired Data Solutions being the only provider of the appropriate skill set for this type of work. This procurement involves maintenance and updates of a data acquisition system custom-developed by Acquired Data Solutions (ADS) starting in 2013. They have been maintaining the system since that time, including a number of updates. The system runs experiments at the NIST Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility on a continuous basis, and we cannot afford to have down time in the future. ADS is uniquely qualified to continue to maintain and update the system as needed by NIST due to their intimate familiarity with the system. No other vendor would have such knowledge.

*****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541690- Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, with a small business size standard of $15 million.

****** A determination by the Government whether to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

*****Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Brian Jamieson at Brian.Jamieson@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at Brian.Jamieson@nist.gov no later than June 10, 2019 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.

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