The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Support

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***THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) NOTICE*** BACKGROUND NIST is conducting market research to support acquisition planning and budget development for a possible future contract, or series of contracts, related to the review of commercialization plans submitted with NIST Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposals. We are seeking preliminary cost and capability information from organizations with relevant expertise in commercialization, technology transfer, business development, and investment for early-stage technology development that will ultimately lead to the technology's commercialization under the NIST SBIR program. Under the contemplated requirement, qualified personnel under the contract would review individual commercialization plans, assess them against Government-provided evaluation criteria, and provide advisory scores and written comments. Government personnel would retain responsibility for all final evaluation, selection, and award decisions. HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response: Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice. Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company’s Unique Entity ID (UEI). For market-research purposes, please provide the following information: Your estimated hourly labor rate for personnel qualified to perform this work. The estimated number of labor hours required to review and score one commercialization plan. Your estimated total cost per proposal. Any minimum engagement, administrative, management, or other fees that may apply. A brief description of the qualifications and relevant experience of the personnel who would perform the reviews. Your organization’s ability to identify and address organizational and individual conflicts of interest. Your ability to execute nondisclosure agreements and securely receive, handle, store, and dispose of proprietary proposal information. Any assumptions that may affect your estimate, including anticipated plan length, evaluation criteria, required documentation, meetings, or turnaround time. or estimating purposes, respondents may assume the following unless otherwise stated: Estimated commercialization-plan length: 2 to 15 pages Estimated number of proposals: 20 to 30 Expected review period: 15 - 30 days Anticipated turnaround time per proposal: 15 - 30 days Required deliverables: Advisory numerical score and written comments via an online peer review system Identify any aspects of the NIST market research notice, including instructions, and draft minimum specifications in the BACKGROUND section you cannot meet and state why. Please offer suggestions for how the market research notice and draft minimum specifications could be made more competitive. For the NAICS code listed in this notice: Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business. If you believe the NAICS code listed in this notice is not the best NAICS code for the type of product addressed in this notice, identify an alternative NAICS code that you believe would be more appropriate for the planned procurement. Provide any other information that you believe would be valuable for NIST to know as part of its market research for this requirement. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via email to the Primary Point of Contact and the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice. Questions should be submitted so that they are received 5 days prior to the…

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