00 Cover Letter SPOC DRFP.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Reply to Attn of:

John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

OP-LS

November 14, 2022

Subject: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80KSC022R0020_DRFP, for Space Operations Processing Contract

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Space Operations Processing Contract (SPOC) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is:

The SPOC Contractor shall provide facilities and services to facilitate and allow the spacecraft/launch vehicle organizations to conduct the processing and integration activities in preparation for mating the spacecraft with the launch vehicle at facilities near launch sites. The Contractor shall designate a facility located near either Kennedy Space Center (KSC)/Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) or Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), or both.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work. Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements and are also encouraged to comment on the DRFP CLIN structure, any unique terms and conditions, and ability to effectively price services described in Attachment A.2, SPOC Price List.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm-fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with the ability to issue Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years with a potential of 10 years from the contract effective date. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336419 and the small business size standard is 1000 number of employees.

Potential offerors should ensure its company is listed in the online database(s) for the following:

System for award management: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, VETS-4212 Reports: https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/

Date Universal Numbering System (and the transition to the US Government’s unique entity identifier (UEI)): https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update

The successful offeror must pass an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) clearance before contract award (See FAR 22.805).

The current planned release date for the Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about December 5, 2022, with proposals being due approximately 15 calendar days later.

The anticipated contract award /effective date is January 20, 2023. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

Proposals for this solicitation are required to be submitted through NASA’s Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Box (EFSS Box), a FedRAMP Moderate certified platform. Potential offerors, especially those that have not previously submitted a proposal utilizing NASA’s EFSS Box, are encouraged to review the solicitation instruction entitled “Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s EFSS Box” which provides instructions related to the submission of proposal via EFSS Box. Offerors are encouraged to check with their corporate IT staff to determine if there are firewall restrictions that would need to be addressed prior to the submission of proposal files through NASA’s EFSS Box.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/bidders library will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.SAM.gov. Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates.

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Burton R. Summerfield, Associate Director, Management at 321-867-4598 or burton.r.summerfield@nasa.gov.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA KSC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA KSC to procure or contract for this requirement. This request is not an authorization to proceed and does not authorize payment for any charges incurred by the offeror for performing any of the work called for in this solicitation.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Josh Klein, Contracting Specialist, at ksc-ssppf@mail.nasa.gov, within 10 calendar days after the release of this DRFP. If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately.

However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information will not be provided a Government response. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the RFP. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the RFP. Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation. The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the RFP.

Joshua M. Klein Contracting Specialist

Enclosures/Uploads:

00 SF1449 DRFP_80KSC22R0020 SPOC

01 Attachment A - Statement of Work 02 Attachment A.1 - LSP Spacecraft Common LSSP 03 Attachment A.2 - SPOC Price List 04 Attachment B - Data Requirements List 05 Attachment C - Acronyms and Abbreviations 06 Attachment D - Definitions 07 Attachment E - List of Applicable Documents 08 Attachment F - Subcontracting Plan 09 SPOC DRFP Comment Card

Joshua Klein Digitally signed by Joshua Klein Date: 2022.11.14 10:51:05 -05'00'