SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NB601010-12-04960 NVCASE technical assistance
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB601010-12-04960
- Archive Date
- 8/12/2012
- Point of Contact
- Eric Bubar, Phone: 3019753635
- E-Mail Address
-
eric.bubar@nist.gov
(eric.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate with Jogindar Dhillon; Gaithersburg, MD, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b), Soliciting from a Single Source, to provide technical assistance for NVCASE activities and APEC TEL MRA implementation activities. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) manages the National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) Program to evaluate and recognize competent accreditors of certification bodies in telecommunications and organic production/processing sub-programs. NIST also serves as the Designating Authority under the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications Mutual Recognition Agreement (APEC TEL MRA). In these two program areas, NIST is responsible for (1) evaluating and recognizing qualified accreditation bodies and (2) evaluating and designating qualified laboratories and certification bodies (Conformity Assessment Bodies or CABs) to perform certain tasks as regulated by foreign governments under the Agreement. The infrastructure for these programs requires maintenance and updating as the programs continue to grow. NIST requires a Contractor with expertise in the NVCASE Program and the APEC TEL MRA to assist in this process and to participate in the activities related to these programs. Mr. Dhillon has served as a NVCASE Lead Assessor for several assessments/reassessments of certification body accreditation bodies (ABs) using the ISO/IEC 17011 requirements (and previous version, ISO/IEC Guide 61). He is the only assessor trained on the NVCASE requirements, on the conduct of on-site assessments using the NVCASE requirements, and on the required documentation needed to complete the assessment per NIST requirements. Mr. Jogindar Dhillon is the acknowledged expert on the procedures for NVCASE and on NIST's role in evaluating accreditors of certification bodies. He is also an acknowledged expert on the APEC TEL MRA, on the NIST role serving as the Designating Authority (DA) under this MRA (and others) and on the NIST criteria and procedures for CABs to qualify for designation under the APEC TEL MRA and the other TEL MRAs for which NIST is the DA. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 541690 with a Size Standard of $7 million. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Jogindar Dhillon. Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Eric Bubar at eric.bubar@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at eric.bubar@nist.gov no later than July 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm. Contracting Office Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1640 Place of Performance: 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 United States Primary Point of Contact: Eric Bubar, Contract Specialist eric.bubar@nist.gov Phone: 301-975-3635 Fax: 301-975-8904
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