Cover_Letter.pdf

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: DRAFT Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC18R0019 formerly

(NNG17615834R), Goddard Library and Information Services Technical Support

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Goddard Library and Information Services Technical Support draft solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide an electronic library to facilitate research in Earth science, space science, and enabling technologies by stimulating discovery, creativity and communication of knowledge to enhance life on Earth. The Goddard Library and Information

Services Technical Support also delivers efficient and effective access to information essential to NASA’s research while simultaneously supporting scientific literacy. The contract will also provide mission specific collection of electronic and core print resources in the subject fields of science, technology, and management information; access to required resources, both held as well as resources not held; support for information identification and location support in science-technology-management; copies of renewable resources obtained by circulation, electronic access, acquisition, exchange, interlibrary loan, scanning, photocopy, dissemination and resource sharing; and serve as knowledge repository. The

Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approach. Potential offerors should identify unnecessary or inefficient requirements. Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on 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.

This acquisition will be conducted as a total small-business set-aside competition. The North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 519120 and the small business size standard is $15M.

This competitive procurement will result in a Hybrid Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Core requirement and an

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirement with the ability to issue Firm-Fixed Price

(FFP) task orders. The contract will have a total potential period of performance of 5 years (12 month

Base Period, a 24 month Option Period 1, and 24 month Option Period 2). Phase-In will be conducted, as a Firm Fixed Price task order under the contract, during the 30-day period prior to the effective date of the contract.

The contract will be performed onsite at NASA GSFC. The Government will make available existing

Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP) for onsite contract performance.

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about February 23, 2018, with proposals being due approximately 30 calendar days later.

The Site Visit will be held on February 5, 2018 at 10:00 am at the NASA/GSFC. Notice will be posted on the procurement website noted below. Also, please complete and submit the attached registration form to me no later than January 31, 2018.

All documents related to this procurement, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, and any amendments will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Federal Business

Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov.

Additional information can also be found on the GIC2 ISLS, online Reference Library at:

https://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.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 DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA GSFC is not requesting proposals. This request does not commit GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate GSFC to procure or contract for this requirement. This request shall not be construed as authorization to proceed with, or be paid for charges incurred by performing any of the work called for in this DRFP.

All comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist identified below within 14 calendar days after the release of this DRFP for consideration. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP, but does not intend to post or formally respond to Draft RFP comments. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP. The Government will respond via FBO to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal

(RFP).

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

Attention: Linda Ossei-Boateng

Mail Code 210.1

Building 18, Room 131

Greenbelt, MD 20771

Email: linda.osseiboateng@nasa.gov

Raymond R. Jones VI

Contracting Officer https://www.fbo.gov/ https://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html