NIST Wireless Control Applications Study

Added: Apr 20, 2017 10:12 am THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVLAUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES.

This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-95.

This requirement is 100% small business set-aside. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541512, Computer Systems Design Services. The small business size standard is $27.5M. This acquisition is conducted under FAR 13.106 under simplified acquisition procedures.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Advanced Network Technology Division (ANTD) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is collaborating with the Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) at NIST to develop a best-practice guideline for deployment of wireless technology in smart manufacturing environments. Much of ANTD's efforts have concentrated on channel propagation modeling in industrial environments and developing evaluation methodologies to measure the impact on control performance of imperfect wireless transmissions of plant control updates. The objective of this new project is to perform a survey of representative wireless control use cases in the manufacturing industry.

Please see the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for more details.

APPLICABLE ATTACHMENT

Attached to this solicitation is the following:
• Attachment I - Wireless Control Applications Study Solicitation (SF-1449)
• Attachment II - Quotation Instructions and Evaluation Criteria

1352.215-73 INQUIRIES (APR 2010):

Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing electronically to hnw6@nist.gov. Questions must be received no later than 3 business days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern the performance of the contract.
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1. This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation. The Government intends to award a Purchase Order as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein. In order to facilitate the award process, ALL quotations shall include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

a. The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."
OR
b. The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:..."

Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s)

2. The DUNS # for the offeror's active System for Award Management (SAM) registration. Offeror(s) must have an active registration at www.SAM.Gov to be considered for award.

DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS

Quotations shall be submitted by e-mail to hnw6@nist.gov no later than 11:00 AM EDT, April 27, 2017. Quotations received after this date/time will not be considered for award. It is the offeror's responsibility to ensure delivery of the quotation is on time and to confirm receipt of quotation delivery date and time. Quotations shall remain valid for a minimum of 60 days from the date of receipt.