Final GXS RFP Cover Letter 1.pdf

Template Version: Base

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

February 10, 2023

Reply to Attn of: 172

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC22R0055 for Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Sounder (GXS) Instrument Implementation

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Sounder (GXS) Instrument Implementation solicitation. GXS will be a hyperspectral infrared instrument that is planned to fly on the GeoXO program series of geostationary satellites. It will provide sounding observations of the western hemisphere for the first time, with critical information on the spatial and temporal gradients of atmospheric temperature and water vapor which will be fed into numerical weather prediction models run by the National Weather Service and Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). The contract scope includes the tasks and deliverables necessary to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, calibrate, test, verify, evaluate, support launch, supply and maintain the instrument Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and support Mission Operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF).

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330 and the small business size standard is $25.5M.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) hardware contract, for the development of one Flight Model (FM) FM1, two (2) options for the build of FM2 and FM3 and four options for additional value to perform Engineering Studies, valued at $2M per option. The anticipated period of performance for this contract includes support for 10 years of on-orbit operations and 5 years of on-orbit storage, for a total of 15 years for each Flight Model (FM).

Section H.13, Special Task Support Requirements of the RFP specifies that the Government may order special study tasks under the resultant hardware contract for risk reduction and mitigation activities at a maximum total cost plus award fee amount of $25,000,000.

Offerors shall include the Government Cost Plus Award Fee estimate amount of $25,000,00, which is the maximum amount the Government may order for special task support.

The anticipated contract award and effective date is late August 2023. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and onsite at GSFC and Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

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. Be advised, in accordance with provision L.15, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

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

SSA

Thomas McCarthy, Code 500

Voting Members Kevin Tewey, Code 418 Monica Todirita, Code 418 Steve Bidwell, Code 599 Alexander Krimchansky, Code 590 Dr. David Johnson, NASA Langley Research Center Timothy Mondy, Code 562 Gerd Fisher, Code 383

3. Offerors are required to have a Commercial 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 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.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/bidders library will be

ANN

KEARNEY

D gitally signed by ANN

KEARNEY

Date 2023 02.10 08 14 21 -05'00' 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 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 GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC 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 17, 2023 at 3:00PM EDT. 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 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.

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, Contracting Officer, at Ann.L.Kearney@nasa.gov on or before February 21, 2023. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Ann Kearney Contracting Officer