00 SESDA V Draft RFP Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

Reply to Attn of: 210.S

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R005, for Space and

Earth Science Data Analysis (SESDA V)

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

Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Space and Earth Science Data Analysis (SESDA V) solicitation.

The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide a broad range of services to support all the science disciplines within the GSFC Sciences and Exploration Directorate (SED), Code 600. The resultant contract will also support other GSFC Directorates such as the Flight Projects Directorates

(Code 400), the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate (Code 500), and the Information

Technology and Communications Directorate (Code 700) when appropriate. In addition, this contract will support a broad range of science disciplines, including solar and space plasma physics, astrophysics and astronomy, planetary studies, atmospheric science and climatology, oceanography, land processes, geodynamics, and solid earth geographics. Further, this contract is to provide the development and use of scientific computer systems, engineering data analysis systems, as well as providing engineering efforts that develop new technologies for science instrumentation, software application development and implementation, and computer system management for Science Exploration research. 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 scenarios, evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with Statement of the Work, (Attachment A) and all other attachments, exhibits, and enclosures. Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements and are also encouraged to comment on the DRFP CLIN structure, any unique terms and conditions, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

This competitive acquisition will result in an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with the ability to issue Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years from the contract effective date. A Phase-In will be conducted. The Phase-in will be awarded under a separate contract and will include a 60-day period of performance.

DRFP SESDA V

Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R005

NASA will conduct this acquisition as small-business set-aside competition. The North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition 541715 and the small business size standard is 1000 employees.

Potential offerors should ensure its company is listed in the following online database(s):

(1) System for award management: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

(2) U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, VETS-4212 Reports:

https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/

(3) Date Universal Numbering System (and the transition to the US Government’s unique entity identifier (UEI)): https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update

The successful offeror must pass an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) clearance before contract award (See FAR 22.805).

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is the week of December 6, 2021, with proposals being due approximately 30 calendar days later.

The anticipated contract award date is approximately July 25, 2022, with a September 28, 2022 contract effective date. The contract will be performed onsite at NASA GSFC and offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

The following additional information is provided to assist in understanding this acquisition:

1. 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 DRFP.

2. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to NFS clause 1852.209-71 Limitation of Future

Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting. In accordance with NFS 1852.237-72, Access of Sensitive Information and the principles of FAR Subpart 9.5, the offeror shall submit a comprehensive OCI Avoidance Plan that thoroughly analyzes all organizational conflicts of interest and specific methods to control, mitigate, or eliminate all problems identified.

3. Proposals for this solicitation are required to be submitted through NASA’s Enterprise File

Sharing and Sync Box (EFSS Box), a FedRAMP Moderate certified platform. Potential offerors, especially those that have not previously submitted a proposal utilizing NASA’s EFSS Box, are encouraged to review the solicitation instruction entitled “Electronic Proposal Delivery -

Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s EFSS Box” which provides instructions related to the submission of proposal via EFSS Box. Offerors are encouraged to check with their https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/ https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update

DRFP SESDA V

Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R005 corporate IT staff to determine if there are firewall restrictions that would need to be addressed prior to the submission of proposal files through NASA’s EFSS Box.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/bidders library 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 websites for updates.

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Raymond “Ray” Rubilotta, Associate Director, Raymond.j.rubilotta@nasa.gov, and the phone number 301-286-5867.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP 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 this requirement. 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.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Wanda Moore, Contracting Officer, at wanda.b.moore@nasa.gov, by November 3, 2021 after the release of this DRFP.

If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately. However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response. 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 response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation. The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

Wanda Moore

Contracting Officer

Enclosure:

Draft RFP #80GSFC21R005 mailto:Raymond.j.rubilotta@nasa.gov