Machining and Heat Treating of Charpy Impact Specimens

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Material Measurement Laboratory (MML), Applied Chemicals and Materials Division (ACMD) Charpy Program produces Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) to verify the performance of Charpy impact machines.  The steel industry worldwide depends on these SRMs to ensure production steel meets specifications. Due to the exacting specifications of the SRMs, only pre-qualified vendors are used to reduce the risk of non-performance due to NIST’s need to serve our customers with SRMs. The qualification program is used to go through this process of tuning the production runs for output that meets NIST’s stringent requirements.The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that are capable of providing Machining and Heat Treating of Charpy Impact Specimens. The purpose of this notice is to identify organizations capable of providing the necessary items and meeting the minimum contractor qualifications now

and/or in the near future. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals or Quotes (RFP/RFQ) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. The information contained in this notice is DRAFT only and as such, is subject to change prior to issuance of a solicitation. No solicitation is available at this time.This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 332999 with a small business size standard of 750 employees.Interested business organizations that believe they are capable of meeting the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement along with the attached Market Research Doc. Please limit responses to four (4) pages or less. Responses should include the following information:1. Name of company that will provide product.2. Name of company that will manufacture the product.3. Spec sheets and examples of products that meet the specifications.4. Typical lead time to deliver the product after receipt of order.5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.Any proprietary information should be so marked. The written capability statement should be received by the Contract Specialist, Angela Hitt by email at Angela.Hitt@nist.gov no later than 5 p.m. MST, Friday, June 19, 2020. The capability statement shall identify the business status of the organization. No quotes will be accepted at this time and will not be considered.