HBG_DRFP_80GSFC18R0078_ALL_POTENTIAL_OFFERORS_LETTER.pdf

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: DRAFT Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC18R0078

Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics (HBG) Support Services

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

(NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics

(HBG) Support Services draft solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to acquire scientific research services that conceives, develops and applies space, field-deployed

(i.e. airborne and in situ) and laboratory based technologies and observations to address issues of importance to society, including water resources, land and ocean ecosystems, health, global and regional sea level change, natural hazards, changes in the Earth’s cryosphere, gravity field, magnetic field, solid Earth, topography, reference frames, and the effects of climate change on life on Earth. 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 approaches. 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. Potential offerors are also encouraged to comment on the clarity of the Scenarios and the Mission Suitability Volume Instructions.

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

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size standard is 1,250 employees.

This competitive procurement will result in a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF) requirement and an

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirement with the ability to issue CPFF task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of five years from the contract effective date. Phase-In will be conducted, under a separate contract, during the 45-day period prior to the effective date of the contract.

The contract will be performed onsite at GSFC and offsite at the Contractor’s facilities. The

Government will make available existing Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP) for onsite contract performance and Government Furnished Property (GFP) for offsite use at the

Contractor’s facility.

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about June 21, 2019, with proposals being due approximately 30 calendar days later.

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 HBG 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.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted via e-mail to the Contracting Officer at darlene.harkins@nasa.gov, within 15 calendar days after the release of this DRFP. 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. Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted

FBO response if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation. The Government will respond via FBO to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

//:signed

Darlene D. Harkins

Contracting Officer