The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Educational Training Systems (ETS-Canada)  for the acquisition of an Tabletop Conveyor Station needed by the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Background:  .   

Sole Source determination is based on the need to procure a Tabletop Conveyor Station manufactured by ETS-Canada to support of a research project addressing the cybersecurity of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).  The unique characteristics of the tabletop conveyor station is as follows:

-Size:  550 x 880 mm (22 x 35 inches) 
- Supports conventional industrial programming – Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Without this conveyor station, all work in NCCoE laboratory would have to be in software simulation which risks missing key parameters only visible in watching the interaction of these miniaturized manufacturing stations. Pure software simulation risks the work not being transferable to real manufacturing environments.  ETS-Canada is the only known vendor capable in providing a Tabletop Conveyor Station.
The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.  The small business size standard is 1,000 Employees.

No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on July 15, 2020 will be considered by the Government.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

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. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Prateema Carvajal at [email protected]. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at [email protected] no later than the aforementioned due date.