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THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED; AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT (I.E. STANDARD FORM) WILL NOT BE ISSUED.

This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-04 effective 06/02/2023.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the requirement is 333998- All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing. The small business size standard is 500 Employees.

This acquisition shall be a total small business set-aside. Simplified acquisition procedures will be utilized.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) located on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, Maryland campus is a unique experimental facility dedicated to understanding fire behavior and structural response to fire. The research conducted in the NFRL includes the advancement of real-scale structural-fire measurements, generation of technical data to improve fire and building codes, validation of physics-based models, and post-fire investigations; of which requires instrumentation that allows the NFRL to conduct high fidelity measurement and provide impactful data to the fire safety community. One of the tools available to the NFRL to capture these many measurements is the Traverse Module prototype, which is a rugged and modular positioning systems that are automated and easily deployable to harsh temperature environments. A replacement of the existing Traverse Module with the listed specifications would significantly upgrade the division’s capabilities.

APPLICABLE ATTACHMENTS

• Attachment 1 – Requirements Document

• Attachment 2 – Applicable Provisions and Clauses

• Attachment 3 – Images