80GRC022R0012 Amendment 1_Final.pdf

80GRC022R0012 Amendment 1

National Aeronautics and Space Administration John H. Glenn Research Center Lewis Field Cleveland, OH 44135-3191

August 8, 2022

GRC Office of Procurement, CHB

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GRC022R0012, for “High-Speed Endoatmospheric Commercial Vehicle Conceptual Design Study and Technology Roadmaps Development”

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center’s (GRC) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide the Hypersonic Technology Project (HTP) and Commercial Supersonic Technology (CST) project with design and technology roadmap information needed for the development of strategies to enable environmentally sustainable, civilian high-speed travel in support of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s (ARMD) 2019 Strategic Implementation Plan Thrust 2.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size standard is 1500 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm-fixed Price contract. The contract will have an intended total potential period of performance of 12 months.

The anticipated contract award date is December 8, 2022, with a January 1, 2023 contract effective date. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities with the potential use of onsite NASA facilities if appropriate.

Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions.

NASA GRC appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft RFP and Industry Day. These comments resulted in improvements to the quality and content of the overall RFP. Offerors should review the RFP in its entirety, as it contents has changed from the Draft RFP version. The following identifies some areas where significant changes or clarifications have been made from the Draft RFP to this Final RFP:

• Statement of Work

• Data Rights Clauses

• Past Performance Requirements

• Subcontracting Plan Requirements

• A total investment of approximately $2,500,000 is anticipated for this Solicitation. Actual number and value of the awards will depend on the quality and content of the proposals received.

This list is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements. Again, Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety and read all information previously posted on SAM.gov from the Virtual Industry Day: https://sam.gov/opp/f0a936e96b25440985ff04fde7b1d0b8/view

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. Due to the schedule of this acquisition, NASA suggests all Offerors submit their best and final proposal taking into consideration the data rights required, statement of work, and required clauses in this RFP.

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). The Offeror’s Price Volume Proposal shall be included in Microsoft Excel format with working cell formulas.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, solicitation, and links 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 website 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 GRC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GRC 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 call for in this solicitation.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than September 20, 2022, 4:30pm ET. Proposals shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer (CO), Rita K. Dickens, at rita.k.dickens@nasa.gov. Please be sure to read all proposal submission instructions in Section L of the

RFP.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically, citing the solicitation number to the CO, Rita K. Dickens at rita.k.dickens@nasa.gov on or before August 30, 2022, 4:30pm ET in order to allow for a proper response and dissemination. The Government reserves the right to not respond to any questions received concerning this solicitation after the questions due date.

Accordingly, Offerors are encouraged to carefully review all solicitation requirements and submit questions to the Government as early as possible.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Rita K. Dickens Contracting Officer