Technical Services Support for Developing Updates of Community Resilience Guidance and Stakeholder Engagement

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) within the Department of Commerce is conducting market research for technical services to support developing updates to their Community Resilience Planning Guide (CRPG) and Playbook through comprehensive stakeholder engagement activities. The procurement seeks a contractor to perform a literature review of community resilience planning practices from 20 U.S. communities over the past 5-7 years, engage 10-15 stakeholder organizations for feedback, and develop a two-year update plan for the CRPG portfolio based on lessons learned from implementation with communities in Maryland, Colorado, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. Contractors must provide one Structural Engineer Level III with a Master's or PhD degree and 10 years of experience, including 7 years of specialized field experience. This Sources Sought Notice requires responses not exceeding 10 pages that include company information, equipment specifications, performance capabilities, small business status, pricing information, and customer references. The response deadline is August 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST, with questions due by August 11, 2025.

This opportunity operates under NAICS code 541715 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) with no set-aside designation, making it available to all qualified contractors including small businesses defined as having 1,000 employees or fewer. The contract structure will be a firm fixed price task order spanning from September 1, 2025 through March 1, 2027, with work performed at the contractor's facility and no travel requirements. Key deliverables must be completed within 240 calendar days of award, including monthly progress reports, assessment methodologies, stakeholder outreach findings, and a final CRPG update development plan. Optional tasks include developing up to three success stories and three Playbook implementation templates within 45 days if exercised. The procurement builds on NIST's previous stakeholder engagement conducted in 2021-2022 and partnerships with the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning using IN-CORE methodology. This notice represents market research only and does not constitute a commitment to issue a formal solicitation.