RFP Cover Letter - 1-19-2024.pdf

January 19, 2024

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC23R0037, for The Space Weather Next Lagrange L1 Next Suprathermal Ion Sensor (STIS)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Space Weather Next Lagrange L1 Next Suprathermal Ion Sensor procurement. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide two instruments. Tasks necessary to integrate, test, calibrate, evaluate, studies and support launch and on-orbit check-out of the Magnetometer instruments, supply and maintain the instrument Ground Support Equipment (GSE), Ground Processing Algorithms, and support the Mission Operations Center (MOC) at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) through mission hand over to NOAA. The instruments will be incorporated into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) L1 Next Series satellite.

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 standard is 1,250 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in one Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract; with a scheduled period of performance through 2034. Work will be primarily performed at the Contractor’s facilities. The anticipated contract award date is 09/30/2024.

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).

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

SSA

Candace Carlisle, Code 418

Voting Members Charles Hudson DeLee, L1 Series Instrument Systems Manager, Code 493 Dr. Adam Szabo, Chief, Heliospheric Physics Laboratory, Code 672 “Skip” Clark V. Owens III, L1 Series Mission Systems Engineer, Code 599 Brennan Nowak, L1 Series Deputy Project Manager, Code 493

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

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.

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 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 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 solicitation.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than Monday, February 19, 2024, at 5:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time. 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 in Section L entitled:

“ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS – PROPOSAL MARKING AND

DELIVERY THROUGH NASA’S EFSS BOX (OCT 2023)”

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, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) 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, via email, to Kevin Cook, Contract Specialist, at kevin.j.cook@nasa.gov on or before January 29, 2024. Please CC Tammy Seidel at tammy.e.seidel@nasa.gov. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Tammy Seidel Contracting Officer