This requirement is conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b). This is a notice of intent to negotiate a sole source procurement only and is not a request for competitive quotations. However, contractors who want to challenge this sole source must submit an interest letter, as well as a capabilities statement that demonstrates their ability to perform this work.

The information must demonstrate your organizations' ability to provide the product(s) and service(s) as described within this notice, as well as the associated Justification. All interested organizations must respond to this Special Notice by March 11, 05:00 P.M., Mountain Time, email directly to Marc Zurasky, Contract Specialist, at [email protected], email subject header must include NB686100-18-01185.

Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. NIST shall not reimburse for any cost(s) connected with providing the capability information.

Description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b) with Janssen Precision Engineering (JPE) for a precision, vibration isolated, cryogenic positioning system. The requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 334516, with a size standard of 1000.