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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to award a purchase order to Silicon Power Corporation (UEI: TFNASVA5N1N9), located in Exton, PA, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106(b), soliciting from a single source to receive services to determine the failure of the site’s 15kV Innova Sub-Cycle Transfer Switch (STS).

NAICS 811310, Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment repair and Maintenance, Size Standard of $12.5M

Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must 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. If competitive procedures are not used, it is estimated that an award will be issued by May 15, 2023.

Interest and Capability packages (to include cut sheets, drawings, previous installation examples, etc.) shall be limited to 10 pages (Times New Roman, 12 point-font, 8-1/2 x 11. Cut sheets and drawings are acceptable as 11 x 17) and submitted via e-mail to the contract specialist listed in this notice.

All correspondence shall contain a subject line that reads: NB1940002301712 Innova Sub-Cycle Transfer Switch Repair. If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your e-mail. All other attachments may be deleted.

All responses must reach the contract specialist no later than 12:00 PM Mountain on 12 May 2023 and must include the following information: company name; address; phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and business size status for the applicable NAICS. Responses shall not include classified data. Proprietary information, if any, shall be kept to a minimum and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, SEGREGATE proprietary information.

Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted via e-mail to the contract specialist listed in this notice. Questions shall be sent to the Contract Specialist via e-mail ONLY. Verbal or FAX questions are not acceptable, and will not be answered

Responses to all questions will be posted as an amendment to this notice on Contract Opportunities.