1. Final Request For Proposal (RFP) Cover Letter.pdf

3. NASA Ames Research Center appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft RFP (issued under 80ARC023R0003). These comments resulted in improvements to the quality and content of the overall RFP. Offerors should review the RFP in its entirety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version. The NAMS-2 Q&A Responses (Enclosed) identifies some areas where significant changes or clarifications have been made from the Draft RFP to this final RFP.

4. Be advised, in accordance with provision L.1(a)(2), Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

5. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, in particular paragraph (f)(4) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy requires all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). While the RFP’s Cost/Price Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the Offeror’s Cost/Price Volume proposal shall include completed Cost/Price Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas

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 https://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 Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at:

http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub library/Omb.html.

This RFP does not commit NASA Ames Research Center to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA Ames Research Center to procure or contract for these services. 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.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than January 22, 2024, 2:00 p.m. PT. 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.

In accordance with NFS 1815.201(f), a “Blackout Notice” has been issued to NASA personnel.

All inquiries/communications pertaining to this acquisition shall be directed only to the Contracting Officer listed below.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Rosalinda De Leon, Contracting Officer, at rosalinda.r.deleon@nasa.gov and Noor Khazendar, Contract Specialist at noor.khazendar@nasa.gov on or before December 15, 2023. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

Please note, the RFP shall take precedence if there is any conflicting information between the RFP and the DRFP Q&A provided under this cover letter. Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Rosalinda R. De Leon Contracting Officer