Demolition, site work and addition to a mixed-use development in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Conceptual plans call for the addition of a 2,000-square-foot laboratory facility; for the demolition of a municipal facility; and for site work for a laboratory facility.

THIS IS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS AND DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. TITLE: BUILDING 215 CLEANROOM EXPANSION CONSTRUCTION The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for Construction Services for an approximately 2,000 square foot Class 10,000 cleanroom construction project at the Gaithersburg, Maryland campus. This is NOT a design-build sources sought. The requirement will be designed by others. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is available at this time. The purpose of this sources sought is to identify organizations with the requisite qualifications to provide the services stated herein. Based on capability statements received in response to this Sources Sought Announcement this acquisition may be solicited as a 100% small business set aside. All small business organizations (SB SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, and VOSB and SDVOSB) are encouraged to respond to this notice. NIST is seeking information on qualified Large and Small Businesses for a cleanroom construction contract that can provide Construction Services under NAICS Code 236210. This project requires comprehensive traditional construction expertise, including but not limited to mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, and architectural disciplines as well as specialized construction areas including the construction of sophisticated cleanrooms. General Requirements: 1. Purpose: The purpose of this sources sought is to identify interested, qualified parties, capable of providing construction services for a 2,000 SF cleanroom expansion project within an occupied laboratory building. Project may include demolition of existing office space, construction of new Class 10,000 NanoFAB cleanroom, and the modification of, and/or new installation of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire sprinkler systems. 2. Requested information: a. Company name b. Unique Entity ID c. Point of contact name and phone number d. Type/Size of company for NAICS Code 236210 Industrial Building Construction e. Social economic status f. All responders must register on www.sam.gov. Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2022- 12/Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20December%2019%2C%202022_508%2 0%281%29_0.pdf g. Firm's single project bonding capacity must be at least $5M. I. Provide experience for cleanroom construction projects over $1M within the past 72 months. i. Construction experience must demonstrate capabilities beyond typical building construction and shall highlight demonstrated experience with sophisticated cleanrooms. Do not provide more than four examples. a. Provide description of the cleanroom construction performed and type of cleanroom constructed (i.e., NanoFAB, pharmaceutical, etc.) b. Provide square footage of cleanroom construction c. Provide classification of cleanroom constructed d. Provide contract award amount (must be at least $1M) e. Provide project completion date (do not include warranty period) The total number of pages to reply to this source sought shall not exceed 15 pages. Any proprietary information should be marked. Written capability statement (Requested Information) shall clearly and unambiguously demonstrate ability to do the work required in the notice. Responses to this notice will only be accepted via e-mail to: tamela.lewis@nist.gov and Richard.stevens@nist.gov no later than 1:00pm ET on 24 Feb 2023. Please address your email subject line: Capability Statement for Building 215 Cleanroom Expansion Construction. Please monitor www.sam.gov for all future contract announcements from NIST. NOTE: This notice is strictly for obtaining market research. There will be no question-andanswer period under this source sought notice. The Government will not return any information submitted in response to this notice. The Government is not responsible for any costs incurred by respondents regarding any responses to this notice. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted for this notice. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. All information submitted in response to this announce must arrive on or before the closing date. All capability statements shall be submitted via email to the point of contact listed. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. **Disclaimer: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use the information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in SAM.gov. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate response to a solicitation, Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). As of August 23, 2023, the short-listed firms have not been released. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time. *Project information, including timeline and contacts, has been obtained through public sources. The content management team continues to pursue additional details; however, the contact(s) listed have yet to disclose or confirm any information. Inquiries should be directed to the contact(s) listed.