SPECIAL NOTICE
U -- Manufacturing & Technology Newsletter
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511110
— Newspaper Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB480000-14-03107
- Archive Date
- 9/25/2014
- Point of Contact
- Cheryl S. Rice, Phone: 3019755935, Divya Soni, Phone: 3019756394
- E-Mail Address
-
cheryl.rice@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov
(cheryl.rice@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Richard McCormack of Publishers and Producers, Annandale, VA, under Other Than Full Open Competition by the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, to renew the subscription to Manufacturing News. This is a sole source requirement as Richard McCormack is the only source that provides a newsletter with original and breaking news coverage of important projects, companies, and events in the manufacturing community. The newsletter covers subject areas in manufacturing and technology news related to innovation and innovation policy; globalization and issues related to outsourcing; policy debates over de-industrialization; health of defense industrial base; international trade issues; congressional legislation and policy issues; research and development; government agencies, economic development; funding programs; productivity; labor issues; software; new product development; growth opportunities; quality; environmental initiatives; market and demographic trends; workforce training and education; defense mantech; and trade association news. The newsletter provides NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers the capability to utilize various resources, such as university partners and technical/business publications to get the best information possible in helping small manufacturers throughout the United States. A firm-fixed price purchase order will be issued on or about September 19, 2014 for sixty subscriptions for a one year period of performance beginning October 1, 2014 and ending September 30, 2015, with four one-year option periods to extend the term of the purchase order. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice is not a request for quote; however interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to cheryl.rice@nist.gov. The government will consider responses received by 5:00 PM, EST, September 10, 2014. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a capability to fulfill the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. This notice of intent is not a Request for Quote (RFQ) nor is it a request for competition. No telephone inquiries will be honored. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 511110, and the size standard is 500 employees.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB480000-14-03107/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 4112 Sleepy Hollow Road, Annandale, Virginia, 22003, United States
- Zip Code: 22003
- Zip Code: 22003
- Record
- SN03485072-W 20140830/140829022316-6ddaa9557bca25af600fa9a8d65e1494 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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