1333ND24QNB730505
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
AMENDMENT 0001
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 BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR PART 13.5 FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS.
This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05 effective 05/22/2024.
The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the requirement is 541690- Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. The small business size standard is $16.5M.
This acquisition shall be procured subject to Full and Open Competition. Simplified acquisition procedures will be utilized.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory (EL) is conducting research to identify methods and practices to incorporate climate projections and data into codes and standards and to support the continued resilience of buildings, infrastructure, and communities. Human-induced global warming has already caused multiple observed changes in the climate system, including increases in land and ocean temperatures, more frequent and prolonged heat waves over continental regions, increased frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation, severe convective storms and tropical cyclones, and increased risk of droughts in some areas. Increased variability and extreme events stress the built environment beyond the current planning and design requirements and cause greater risk for damage, injury, and loss of life.
There is an urgent demand to advance design practice so that climate hazard projections can be incorporated into codes and standards and be of benefit to designers, planners, and communities. Currently, this challenge is being addressed in an ad-hoc manner using available knowledge and resulting in significant variability across building and infrastructure projects and communities. Design criteria that address future hazard conditions requires an understanding of the impacts of climate change on the design hazards and on the performance of construction materials and structural systems used in new and existing buildings and infrastructure.
Contemporary national model codes and standards require revision to improve designs for future hazard events (e.g., wind, storm surge, flooding, precipitation, wildland urban interface (WUI) fires) and their impacts on current planning, design, and assessment criteria. The accommodation of future climate hazard projections will reduce impacts and enhance performance during hazard events and will also improve post-event recovery. In addition, processes should be developed to support the integration of these considerations into Community Resilience (CR) tools and the Functional Recovery (FR) Framework.
NIST plans to issue a contract to qualified individual(s) or organization(s) to hold four workshops in the calendar year 2025 to address this need. The workshops should address the following broad subject areas, with consideration of the overarching themes for each workshop of climate-affected hazards (e.g., sea level rise, temperature, rain, snow, ice, wind, flood) and social impacts/consequences:
• Climate projections for design (confidence/uncertainty in climate projections, downscaling, converting climate hazard projections to engineering design criteria for hazards currently considered in codes and standards)
• Engineering design guidance and criteria for climate projections (reliability, service life, design scenarios)
• Climate effects on the built environment (changes in hazard demand relative to historical basis, changes in assumed structural capacity due to changes in climate in material properties and performance)
• Adaptation and resilience for buildings and infrastructure systems, material durability, carbon mitigation of building materials
APPLICABLE ATTACHMENTS
- Attachment 1 – Applicable Provisions and Clauses
1352.215-73 INQUIRES (APR 2010):
Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing electronically to Marvin Jean at marvin.jean@nist.gov. Questions must be received no later than August 29, 2024, 12:00 p.m. EST after solicitation issuance. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. (End of Provision).
DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS
All quotations must be submitted via e-mail to marvin.jean@nist.gov.
As a result of Amendment 0001, quotations must be received no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time September 10, 2024.
