SEAS II Final RFP Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

2/8/2021 Reply to Attn of: 210.M

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC20R0037 for Systems Engineering and Advanced Services II (SEAS II)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Systems Engineering and Advanced Services II (SEAS II) solicitation. The principle purpose of this requirement is to acquire Mission and Instrument Systems Engineering (M&ISE) services for the Mission Engineering and System Analysis Division (MESAD) and related Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD) organizations. M&ISE services includes all aspects of mission and instrument formulation and implementation for systems, science instruments, observatories, launch, ground system, spacecraft, and suborbital craft (e.g., aircraft, sounding rockets, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)), balloons; Spacecraft Propulsion and Fluid Systems Engineering; Services for the following: free-flying spacecraft, suborbital craft payloads and Space Station payloads. The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as an 8 (a) set-aside competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size standard is 1000 employees.

This competitive procurement will result in a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirement with the ability to issue CPFF task orders.

The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years from the contract effective date plus an option for up to an additional 6 months.

The anticipated contract award date is January 6, 2022, with a March 7, 2022 contract effective date. The contract will be performed onsite at GSFC (Greenbelt), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Contractor’s facilities, and other NASA Centers or as specified in task orders.

Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions; however, the following requirements list is summarized to assist in proposal development. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in sections L and M take precedence:

1. Phase-In will be conducted under a separate contract or purchase order during the 60-day period prior to the effective date of the contract.

2. 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 as described in the RFP.

3. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to clause H.5 1852.209-71 Limitation of Future Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting. Offerors should also refer to clause L.24 GSFC 52.209-301 Notice of Potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest for OCI plan instructions. The attention of prospective Offerors is invited to FAR Subpart 9.5 --Organizational Conflicts of Interest. The Contracting Officer (CO) shall not award a contract until NASA determines any OCI is reasonably resolved. The proposed OCI Plan shall be consistent with all other areas of the proposal. Material inconsistencies between the OCI Plan and other proposal areas may render the proposal invalid, resulting in an unacceptable proposal that is ineligible for award.

4. Please note a Top Secret facilities clearance is needed in accordance with the DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification and Section L of the RFP.

5. NASA GSFC appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft RFP. These comments resulted in improvements to the quality and content of the overall RFP. Offerors should review the RFP in its entirety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version. The following list identifies some areas where significant 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;

Changes to the RTO’s;

Revisions to the Position Descriptions;

Enclosure DD has been included;

Attachment K –IAGP List has been included

This list is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements.

Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

6. In accordance with provision L.31, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer at Monica.C.Allen@nasa.gov.

7. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Wallops Flight Facility organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Monica Allen, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

David Pierce

Voting Members Rick Mills – Chair, Code 580

Monica Allen – CO, Code 210.M John VanEepol – Code 591 John Galloway – Code 592 Chi Wu – Code 599 David Kotsifakis – Code 598/WFF Beverly Settles –Code 560

8. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

9. 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 Government wide point of entry website at https://www.beta.sam.gov.

Additional information can also be found on the SEAS II online Reference Library at:

https://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the website for updates.

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.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy required all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). While the RFP’s Cost Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the Offeror’s Cost Volume proposal shall include completed Cost Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas. Instructions for converting from PDF format to Excel format can be found in the Cost Volume Instructions Provision.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/bidders library will be https://www.beta.sam.gov/ https://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.gov/ attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.beta.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 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 Goddard Space Flight Center to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 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 5:00 pm EST on March 11, 2021.

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 should be submitted in writing, electronically to Monica Allen, Contracting Officer, at Monica.C.Allen@nasa.gov on or February 24, 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.

______//S//___________________ Monica Allen Contracting Officer http://www.beta.sam.gov/ http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html