Contracting Office Address National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640 Request for Information Notice NIST-MML-23-RFI01 Project Title: Charpy Steel This is a Request for Information Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME . Requirement: NIST is seeking information on contractors who can provide the following: NIST produces Charpy specimens as standard reference materials for the measurement of impact toughness. This measurement standard is described in ASTM E23-18. These Charpy specimens underpin steels used in the following industries: construction, oil and gas, automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing, among others. Billions of dollars in US industry rely on these standards. NIST is seeking steel mills to partner in providing steel for longstanding Charpy standards and developing new steel standards to serve as the underpinning measurement standard for steel industries around the world. We seek mills that can constructively engage in the development of steel production specifications that maximize the following three criteria: High homogeneity in stoichiometry, microstructure, and material properties throughout the entire lot; One or more alloys that can be heat-treated consistently to specific strengths: low, high, and super-high energies; and Reasonable cost. NIST encourages responses from providers of reliable steels that wish to participate in this underpinning effort. Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the item(s) described above. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses. The small business size standard associated with the NAICS code for this effort, 331110, is 1500 employees. Please include your company’s size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. Companies that can provide such item(s) are requested to email a written response describing their abilities to
[email protected] no later than the response date for this Request for Information Notice. The following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this Request for Information Notice: Name, Address, Government Unique Identifier number, CAGE code, and point of contact information of your company. Any information on the company’s small business certifications, if applicable. Description of your company’s capabilities as they relate to the item(s) described in this notice. A description of your company’s previous experience providing the item(s) described in this notice. Indication of whether the item(s) described in this notice are currently offered via your company’s GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), or other existing Government-wide contract vehicles; and, if so, the contract number(s) for those vehicles. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. Responses are limited to a total of twelve (12) pages . The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space.