Cover Letter Amended.pdf

1. A Phase-in period will be conducted. This period is not to exceed thit1y (30) days and is a Fitm-

Fixed Price (FFP) effort.

2. The Government will make available Government Furnished Prope11y (GFP) for use as described in the RFP.

3. NASA has dete1mined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to clause H.2 1852.209-71, Limitation of Future Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting. Offerors should also see clause I.15 1852.23 7-72, Access to Sensitive Info1mation, which references the OCI plan as a contract compliance document (see section J. l ), as well as FAR Subpart 9.5 titled Organizational

Conflicts of Interest.

4. NASA GRC appreciates the collllllents received in response to the release of the Draft RFP.

These collllllents resulted in improvements to the quality and content of the overall RFP. Offerors should review the RFP in its entit·ety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version. The following list identifies some areas where changes or clarifications have been made from the Draft RFP to this final RFP that may not have been addressed in the Draft RFP questions and responses;

provided Statement of Work (SOW) clarifications regarding COVID impact and Government

Furnished Prope11y (GFP), increased the Past Perfo1mance page limit, removed the Past Perfo1mance

Questionnaire limit, excluded letters of collllllitment from page limit, specified a unifo1m font size, revised 533 contract language clarification, added a Business Volume, revised Attachments to include the IT Security Management Plan, updated Applicable Documents, adjusted labor rates/descriptions, and clarified travel projections.

5. Be advised, in accordance with L.13 paragraph two (2), Offerors need to encourage their references to submit then· Past Perfonnance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

6. Offerors are required to have a Collllllercial 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 section M.2 (3) 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 requit·ed all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Fo1mat

(PDF).

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/bidders libraiy will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of ent1y website at https:// www.sam.gov. Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates.

Raenala C. Brown Contracting Officer

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/ Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf.

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 called for in this solicitation.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than March 29, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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 Raenala Brown, Contracting Officer, at raenala.c.brown@nasa.gov on or before March 1, 2021. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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