Support for Disaster and Failure Studies Program

Amendment 004:
The purpose of this amendment is to post a revised solicitation document. The revised document (RFP SB1341-12-RP-0027 Revised 6-6-12.pdf) incorporates the responses to questions posed by potential offerors in Amendment 003.  See attached documents for further information.

Amendment 003:

The purpose of this amendment is to provide responses to questions posed by potential offerors. Please see the attachment named "Amendment 003 - SB1341-12-RP-0027.pdf".

Amendment 002:

The purpose of this amendment is to provide responses to questions posed by potential offerors.  Please see the attachments named "Amendment 002.docx", "NIST D&F Studies Industry Day presentation.pptx", and "Disaster and Failure Studies Registered List.pdf".

Amendment 001:

The purpose of this amendment is to provide the attached revised RFP.  The amended RFP contains a revised version of Section L (Proposal Preparation/Submission Instructions) and Section M (Evaluation Factors). 

The amendment also clarifies that the due date for responses is June 14, 2012, at 12pm Eastern Time.

This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a contractor to provide support services to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Disaster and Failure Studies Program. This notice follows the Pre-solicitation notice entitled "Pre-Solicitation Notice: Support for Disaster and Failure Studies Program".

Offerors will be responsible for obtaining related amendments to this solicitation, if any, from www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of each potential offeror to monitor www.fbo.gov for any amendments or other information related to this solicitation; the Government will not be maintaining a mailing list. Any communications regarding this acquisition must be made in writing and forwarded via email to divya.soni@nist.gov, and shall identify the solicitation number, company name, company address, as well as point of contact email address and phone number.

THIS PROCUREMENT IS BEING COMPETED UNDER FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The standard classification NAICS code is 541712 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) with a small business size standard of 500 employees. FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation will be used.

This RFP is for an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling amount of $9,900,000.00 for a one-year base period, plus four one-year option periods. The official RFP document is attached here, entitled "SB1341-12-RP-0027."

The Offeror shall submit eight original hardcopies of the Technical Volume and two original hardcopies of the Business Volume, marked as such, and one (1) compact disc (CD) inclusive of the complete proposal, no later than 12:00 pm EST on June 14, 2012.

Proposals must be received by NIST on or before the due date and time specified above. Only information received on or before the due date and time shall be considered for award. Any proposal, or part thereof, received after the due date and time, shall be deemed late and not considered for award.

Proposals must be submitted so that they are received at the following address:

Divya Soni
NIST
Building 301, Room B152
100 Bureau Drive Stop 1640
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640

E-mail proposals shall not be accepted. Facsimile proposals shall not be accepted. However, as noted in the instructions in the Past Performance Information Questionnaire, the Part II of the Questionnaire (if applicable) shall be submitted by the Offeror's references electronically so that it is received at divya.soni@nist.gov no later than 12:00 PM EST on June 14, 2012.