This announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and does not commit the government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is available at this time. The purpose of this synopsis is to identify organizations with the requisite qualifications to meet the requirements of the item stated herein. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and compared with NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during the market research stage, then this acquisition may be solicited as a small business set-aside. NIST is seeking from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses (SD, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB, and VOSB) This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 541330 Engineering Services, with a small business standard of $4.5M. The specific purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is to determine if there are small business, within the parameters identified above, that are capable of providing the item required.

Interested business organizations that believe they are capable of meeting the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit your response to ten (10) pages or less. Responses should include the following information.

1. Name of company will provide the item (as applicable)
2. Related experience showing the ability to meet the criteria identified above (as applicable)
3. Typical time to receive the item
4. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum solicitation and finalizing its market research.
5. An proprietary information should be so marker. The written capability statement should be received by the Contracting Office not later than [date] The capability shall identify the business status of the organization.

The written capability statement should be received by the Contracting Office not later than Dec 27,
2012. The capability shall identify the business status of the organization. Only electronic statements will be accepted. Faxes will not be accepted. Send to Leonard Spakow, Contract Specialist, at [email protected].