80AFRC22R0003 FOMS_Cover letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Armstrong Flight Research Center P.O. Box 273 Edwards, CA 93523-0273

Reply to Attn of: 210/RXT

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80AFRC22R0003 for Facilities Operations Maintenance Services (FOMS)

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center’s (AFRC) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide Facilities Operations Maintenance Services.

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, the clarity of the Performance Work Statement requirements and their ability to price each CLIN, and the Section E.3 Addendum to FAR 52.212-2 evaluation – Commercial Items (NOV 2021).

This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm-fixed Price contract. The contract will have a total potential period of performance of 5 years, including a 12-month Base Period, a 12-month Option Period 1, a 12-month Option Period 2, a 12-month Option Period 3 and a 12-month Option Period

4. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is (561210 Facilities Support Services and the small business size standard is $41.5M.

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

(1) Systems for award management: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

(2) U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, VETS-4212

Reports: https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/

(3) Data Universal Numbering System (and the transition to the US Government’s unique entity identifier (UEI)): https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisitionservice/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iaeinformation-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/ https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/ https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/ 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 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 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 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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 Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about May 3, 2022, with proposals being due approximately 30 calendar days late.

The anticipated contract award date is July 15, 2022, with an August 1, 2022, contract effective date. The contract will be performed: onsite at NASA (AFRC) and offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

The following additional information is provided to assist in the understanding this acquisition:

1. The phase-in period is anticipated to be no more than 60 days prior to the start date of the contract as described in the DRFP.

2. The Government will make available existing Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP) for onsite contract performance as described in the DRFP.

3. After release of the final RFP, the FOMS Preproposal Conference is anticipated to be held on May 11, 2022, as described in the DRFP.

4. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to NFS clause 1852.237-72 Access to Sensitive Information and Attachment 10 – Organization Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan Limitation of Future Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting.

5. 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.

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).

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 Bradley Flick, bradley.c.flick@nasa.gov, 661-276-3769.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA AFRC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA AFRC 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.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center 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 using the attached template, to Rosalia Toberman, Contracting Officer, at rosalia.toberman@nasa.gov, and Melissa Newell, Contract Specialist, melissa.newell@nasa.gov by April 26, 2022. If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately. However, the Government will not respond to questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP.

Rosalia Toberman Contracting Officer mailto:melissa.newell@nasa.gov