Maintenance Support for NIST Concrete Additive Manufacturing Robot

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
Maintenance Support for NIST Concrete Additive Manufacturing Robot

Announcement Type: Special Notice
Announcement Number: NIST-NOI-20-02258
PSC Code: J066 -Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment- Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
Subject: Maintenance Support for the NIST Concrete Additive Manufacturing Robot

Introduction
This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.

Purpose
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate a firm-fixed priced purchase order on a sole source basis with Strategic Engineering PTY Limited located at U4 21-25 Monro Avenue, Kirrawee, NSW, 2232, Australia. The purchase order will be for concrete additive manufacturing robot maintenance for a one-year base period and up to four one-year optional periods.

Authority
This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106(b)(1) allowing the Contracting Officer (CO) to solicit from one source. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219 – Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a size standard of $22 Million.

Description
Please see the attached Statement of Work for details.

Sole Source Determination
The sole source determination is based on the following:
 

The NIST Engineering Laboratory (EL) Materials and Structural Systems Division (MSSD) Infrastructure Materials Group (IMG) owns a Concrete Additive Manufacturing Robot Arm (CAMRA) system. The CAMRA system is used for research purposes to dispense cementitious materials to create functional structures and test specimens.  To ensure uninterrupted continuity of research, the system requires annual service and calibration.

The CAMRA system was custom designed for NIST by Strategic Engineering PTY Limited using an ABB robot arm and a concrete additive manufacturing robot cell. As the system was custom designed, integrated, and installed by Strategic Engineering PTY Limited, they are the only vendor with the ability to perform the required maintenance and engineering services. Failure to work with Strategic Engineering PTY Limited could result in damage to the custom robot, the robot cell, incomplete or inaccurate calibration and voiding of any remaining warranty. Should any of these occur it would result in significant delays in milestone deliverables for NIST research efforts. Accordingly, only Strategic Engineering PTY Limited is capable of providing the required maintenance services.

Information for Interested Parties
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 by 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 Ms. Lauren Roller, Contract Specialist, at Lauren.Roller@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted via email to Lauren.Roller@nist.gov so that they are received no later than July 6, 2020 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

Each response should include the following Business Information:

1. Contractor Name, Address,
2. Point of Contact Name, Phone Number, and Email address
3. Contractor DUNS
4. Contractor Business Classification (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, hubZone, veteran owned, etc.) as validated in System for Award Management (SAM). All offerors must register in the SAM located at http://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1
5. Capability Statement