OCX FINAL RFP Cover Letter.pdf

Rev.: 8/2020

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

August 31, 2023

Reply to Attn of: 172

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC23R0014, for

Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Ocean Color (OCX) 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) Ocean Color (OCX) Instrument Implementation solicitation. OCX is a hyperspectral, UV through infrared, passive imaging radiometer used to measure environmental data as part of a 3-axis stabilized, geostationary weather satellite system. Ocean color observations from geostationary orbit will provide critical data for ecological forecasters, marine resource managers, fisheries, health departments, water treatment managers, commerce, and recreational industries. OCX will provide daily observations of ocean biology, chemistry, and ecology to assess ocean productivity, ecosystem change, coast and inland water quality, and hazards like harmful algal blooms.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

336414 and the small business size stand is 1,250 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award Fee (CPAF) hardware contract for the development of two Flight Models (FM) and two options, for additional OCX FMs. 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 FM.

The anticipated contract award date is March 31, 2024. The contract will be performed onsite at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and offsite at the

Contractor’s facilities.

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. Section H.14, 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. The clause includes a plug number of $25,000,000 that each offeror can use for planning purposes.

2. Section L. 11 GSFC52.215-203 Offer Volume (APR 2020) of the RFP specifies:

If the offeror is involved in an impending or already consummated corporate transaction such as an acquisition, or merger with another company, or restructuring, whether announced publicly or not, the Offeror must provide information to convey any potential impacts of that corporate transaction on its proposal and any subsequent contract that may be awarded.

This list is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements. Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA Goddard Space Flight Center organizational codes, for the Source

Evaluation Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Darlene Harkins, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Cynthia Simmons, Code 400

Voting Members

Kevin Tewey, Code 418

Kuiana Carson, Code 383

Amir Ibrahim, Code 616

Alexander Krimchansky, Code 590

Vincent E. Roback, LARC-D208

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).

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

Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at:

http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/publibrary/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 changes 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 October 16, 2023, at 5:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time. Proposal Marking and Delivery Through

NASA’s EFSS Box” is included in the solicitation: 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 Darlene

Harkins, Contracting Officer, at darlene.harkins@nasa.gov on or before September 15, 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.

Darlene Harkins

Contracting Officer