Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

THIS IS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS AND DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. ... THIS IS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS AND DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of Small Businesses (e.g., 8(a), Service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, Small disadvantaged business, Veteran-owned small business, and Women-owned small business) under NAICS code, 541330, that have the capability, experience, and expert knowledge to provide architectural design services: Gaithersburg Campus facts: https://www.nist.gov/ofpm/historic-preservation-nist/gaithersburg-campus Boulder Campus: https://www.nist.gov/ofpm/historic-preservation-nist/boulder-laboratories3. Kauai https://www.nist.gov/ofpm/historic-preservation-nist/kehaka-kauai-campus NIST deployed U.S. ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER BUILDER™ Sustainment Management System National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, NASEM, recently published a report on NIST Facilities (Link). One of the areas that NIST is interested in improving on is recommendation 6-2 (see below). Recommendation 6-2: NIST should expand its current real property asset management system and strategy beyond condition assessment and deferred maintenance reporting and provide a proactive, life-cycle approach to real property ownership for the NIST real property portfolio that aligns with the Federal Real Property Reform Act of 2016 (Link) and the associated framework by GAO and the 2023 Academies’ report Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities Link NIST is seeking contractors who have experience with recommendation 6.2. Please provide feedback on your firm’s capabilities. Please note we are NOT looking for firms who have experience solely with “…condition assessment and deferred maintenance reporting…” If your firm believes a better NAICS code is available for this activity, please advise. Additionally Provide Business information: a. Unique Entity ID b. Company Name c. Type/Size of company, NAICS code, and Social Economic status, as validated via the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov. d. All responders must register on at http://www.sam.gov, additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov. All capability statements shall be submitted via e-mail to the point of contact listed below. Responses must be submitted no later than Friday, March 31, 2023, at 2:00 pm (EDT). Documentation should be sent via email to: Primary Point of Contact: Laurie Morris laurie.morris@nist.gov Secondary Point of Contact: Jillian Staskin jillian.staskin@nist.gov This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals, and no contract will be awarded from this announcement.