1. Action Code: This is a pre-solicitation notice.

2. Date: 18 September 2020

3. Contracting Office Address:

    Naval Research Laboratory

    4555 Overlook Ave SW 

    Code 3230

    Washington, DC 20375

4. Federal Supply Code: 6625

5. Subject title of this project is: RF Emulation System with training and installation

5. Solicitation Number: N00173-20-Q-NA02

 6. Contact Points:

Nathan Carver                                           

Phone: 228-688-4126                                 

Email: [email protected]

7. PLEASE NOTE: This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice in accordance with FAR 5.2 – Synopsis of Proposed Contract Action in preparation for the anticipated release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) at a later date. NRL reserves the right to cancel this acquisition at any time.

8. Description: The RFP is planned to be issued the week of September 21st through September 25th, 2020. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 334515 – Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signal and the employee size standard is 750. The planned procurement method is through request for quote. The planned procurement will be through a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) proposal to the government. Technical acceptability will be defined as meeting the minimum requirements as listed in attachment 1 (Specification List) and attachment 2 (DD 1423).

The resulting contract is planned to be a firm fixed price contract. Feedback from interested parties is encouraged, however the Government reserves the right to decide if feedback is actionable. Any proposals received in response to this notice will not be reviewed or acknowledged. Any feedback or comments to this pre-solicitation notice should be sent via e-mail to [email protected] by September 23rd, 2020. Phone calls in response to this notice will not be accepted.

9. Additional Details:

THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Offerors can view and/or download the RFQ and attachments at beta.SAM.gov (Contract Opportunities) when the RFQ is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Parties Vendor list. This will be the only method of amendment distribution; therefore, it is the offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Prospective offerors MUST register themselves on the website. Prospective offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/protal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement.