Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Authoring Services

Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Number: NIST-AMD-F-SS-23-02 Response Deadline: October 12, 2022, 12:00 PM, EST NIST Office of Safety, Health, and Environment (OSHE) Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Authoring Services Contracting Office Address Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division 100 Bureau Drive Building 301, Room B125, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg MD, 20899-1640 This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the NIST for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract based on this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly marked restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and data included as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. NIST is seeking information on small business concerns that are capable of providing SDS authoring services on an as needed basis to any NIST operating unit (OU) in order to comply with United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), 29 CFR 1910.1200, surrounding the proper handling of hazardous chemicals. SPECIFIC TASKS Task 1: SDS Authoring as Needed NIST will request SDS Authoring as needed for specific chemicals. Each request will include available information on each chemical provided to the Contractor in a standard form. The Contractor and NIST's Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will agree on the complexity of the SDS to be authored, the fixed unit price that will be applied to the SDS to be authored, and the schedule for completion of the SDS to be authored (standard time shall be 7 working days or less with rush preparation needed in 3 working days or less). The contractor shall submit a draft SDS and a Classification Back-up Document to the COR in accordance with the agreed upon schedule. NIST will then review the documents and, if needed, will submit comments to the Contractor for revisions or accept the draft documents as the final version. Authoring revision schedule detailed in the statement of work. Payment will not be authorized until the COR has accepted the final SDS. (End of Specific Tasks) NIST is seeking responses from all responsible small business sources under the size standard of $35 million dollars associated with the applicable NAICS code, 518210 - Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. Please include company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies able to provide such services are requested to email a detailed response describing their abilities to nicholas.crowley@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include any information relevant to your capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: Name of company/companies that are authorized provide services, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). Number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of services. Indication of whether the services are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract or any other government-wide contracts. If so, please provide the applicable contract number(s). Indication of whether the services proposed is a commercial item currently offered in the marketplace. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum performance requirements. Points of Contact: (Primary) Nicholas Crowley, Contract Specialist, Email: nicholas.crowley@nist.gov Robert Singman, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)975-6388, Email: robert.singman@nist.gov