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1333ND23RNB130001.pdf | Jan 13, 2023 |
CHIPS Programmatic Legal Services
Contact and place of performance
Monica Brown
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
UNITED STATES
Amendment #2 - The purpose of this amendment is to accomplish the following: 1. Upload the attachment that provides responses to the solicitation questions received. 2. Upload a revised solicitation document SF1449, that supersedes all previous versions. This document was revised based on responses to solicitation questions as noted in the document. 3. To notify interested offerors of a Pre-Pr...
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Amendment #1 - The purpose of this amendment is to accomplish the following:
1. Revise the solicitation to correct all references to Attachment #5, and change them to Attachment #4.
2. Upload the pricing templates which are labeled as Attachment 1 and 5.
Sections 9902 and 9906 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA) authorized semiconductor manufacturing and research and
development activities (the CHIPS Program). The CHIPS Act of 2022 enhanced the CHIPS
program with new authorities and appropriated $50 billion to the Department of Commerce (the
Department) to implement it. Section 9902 of the 2021 NDAA authorizes the Department to
provide funding to eligible applicants to incentivize investment in facilities and equipment in the
United States for the fabrication, assembly, testing, advanced packaging, production, or research
and development of semiconductors, materials used to manufacture semiconductors, or
semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The Department may provide funding in various
forms, including grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and loan guarantees. The CHIPS Act of
2022 appropriates $39 billion for these purposes. With these funds, the Department will establish
an incentives program to support the expansion of manufacturing capacity for mature nodes and
to attract large-scale investments in advanced technologies such as leading-edge logic and
memory. Section 9906 of the 2021 NDAA authorizes the Department to establish a National
Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) to conduct research and prototyping of advanced
semiconductor technology and to establish a National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing
Program led by the Director of the Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Section 9906 also authorizes NIST to establish up to three Manufacturing USA institutes to
advance research and commercialization of semiconductor manufacturing technologies, and to
carry out an R&D program to advance measurement science, standards, material
characterization, instrumentation, testing, and manufacturing capabilities. The CHIPS Act of
2022 appropriates $11 billion for these purposes.
The Department’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) has determined that it requires
programmatic legal support services to advise and assist OGC on legal aspects of the CHIPS
Program.
See attached solicitation for specific details.
The Department of Commerce’s Office of the General Counsel requires programmatic legal support services to advise and assist with the legal aspects of the CHIPS Program. Authorized under the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 and enhanced by the CHIPS Act of 2022, the program manages $50 billion in appropriations for semiconductor manufacturing and research and development. These activities include incentivizing domestic investments in fabrication and assembly facilities through grants, loans, and cooperative agreements, as well as establishing the National Semiconductor Technology Center and various research initiatives led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
This federal opportunity is a combined synopsis/solicitation identified by solicitation number 1333ND23RNB130001. The requirement is classified under NAICS 541110 for Offices of Lawyers and PSC R418 for Support- Professional: Legal. Work is performed in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the primary point of contact is Monica Brown. Recent amendments to the notice provided responses to solicitation questions, revised the SF1449 solicitation document, and scheduled a pre-proposal conference for January 30, 2023, to discuss the background of CHIPS and programmatic legal support requirements.
Responses to this solicitation are due by February 6, 2023. Documentation associated with this notice includes one PDF attachment containing the full solicitation details, as well as pricing templates and consolidated responses to vendor inquiries. Final submissions must align with the revised solicitation instructions and evaluation criteria outlined in the most recent administrative updates.
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