Support for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Amendment 001

The purpose of this amendment is to provide the attached responses to questions posed by potential offerors.

This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a contractor to provide support services to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). This notice follows the Pre-solicitation notice entitled "Pre-Solicitation Notice: Support for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership".

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 SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ONLY. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541611, and the size standard is $7.0M. 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 $9,984,500.00 for a one-year base period, plus four one-year option periods. The official RFP document is attached here, entitled "SB1341-12-RP-0026."

The Offeror shall submit four 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 21, 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 21, 2012.