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Amendment 1

The purpose of this amendment is to 1) revise the second paragraph of L.11(b)(2), 2) revise L.14(a), 3) revise the first paragraph of L.16, 4) revise Enclosure 2, and 5) delete second Exhibit-2B. Accordingly, see the following:

1. L.11. GSFC 52.215-201 PROPOSAL PREPARATION – GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (MAR 2020) (b)(2), second paragraph has been revised as follows:

Volumes I, II, III, and IV shall be submitted in separate electronic files. Diagrams, tables, artwork, and photographs may be reduced and, if necessary, run landscape. Text in diagrams, schedules, charts, tables, artwork, and photographs shall be no smaller than 10 point type Times New

Roman font. Diagrams, tables, artwork, and photographs shall not be used to circumvent the text size limitations of the proposal.

2. L.14(a). GSFC 52.215-223 COST VOLUME INSTRUCTIONS (DEC 2018) has been revised as follows:

(a) Instructions

An important prerequisite for the award of the contract is the Prime Offerors must have an accounting system that has been determined adequate by the cognizant administrative office for accumulating and reporting incurred costs prior to contract award. If an Offeror is relying on the accounting system adequacy of a Joint Venture team member, sister company, or any other affiliated company’s accounting system, they must specifically assert (in the submitted Offer Volume) such an intended reliance for the performance of the contract and must demonstrate a convincing basis for using that system as a source for determining their own adequacy.

While these proposals are not required to be cost certified, they are to be in sufficient detail to allow direct and indirect rate verification and audit of selected costs. The Cost Volume proposal should be prepared in a manner consistent with your current accounting system.

The required format for other than certified cost or pricing data is for evaluation purposes. The cost for any resultant contract will be awarded on the basis of the successful Offeror's normal estimating and/or accounting system or the system set forth in the CAS Disclosure Statement required by Public Law 100-

679, if applicable. If the Offeror's estimating and/or accounting practice differs from the required cost proposal format, the costs should be computed in accordance with the Offeror’s normal accounting and estimating procedures and provide your rationale for the format adjustments.

Direct labor must be estimated on the basis of productive effort. Productive effort is the estimated number of hours required to perform the work. Vacations, holidays, sick leave, and any other paid absences shall not be cited as direct labor, but shall be separately identified and priced or included in indirect cost.

Final monetary extensions in the Cost Volume proposal should be expressed as the closest whole dollar amount, with cents omitted.

Significant Subcontractors shall complete and submit Exhibit 2C and, if applicable, Exhibits 2D, 10A and

10B, which should be included with the Prime Offeror’s Cost Volume proposal. However, Non-

Significant Subcontractors may submit Exhibits 2C, 2D, 10A and 10B, if deemed proprietary cost data, under separate cover directly to the Government no later than the date and time specified in the instructions for receipt of proposals for this RFP.

The Cost Volume exhibits provided in the RFP are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Prior to completing the Cost Volume exhibits, Offerors shall convert the .PDF file to Microsoft Office Excel either using Adobe Acrobat DC or manually recreate each individual exhibit. (Note: Previous versions of Adobe

Acrobat will not properly convert the PDF file to the Excel format.) To convert the exhibits using Adobe

Acrobat DC use the following steps:

(1) Open the Cost Volume exhibits .PDF file in Adobe Acrobat DC.

(2) Click on the Export PDF tool in the right pane.

(3) Choose spreadsheet as your export format, and then select Microsoft Excel Workbook.

a. Under the “Save As XLSX Settings” window, ensure that following selections are made:

i. Under Excel Workbook Settings ensure “Create Worksheet for each Page” is selected.

ii. Under Numeric Settings ensure “Detect decimal and thousands separators using regional settings.”

iii. Under Text Recognition Settings ensure “Recognize text if needed” is selected.

1. Ensure “English” is the selected language.

b. Click “OK”

(4) Click Export.

(5) Name the Excel file and save it in a desired location.

Offerors, including proposed significant subcontractors, shall provide one separately packaged copy of their Cost Volume proposal marked “Enter correct RFP number/NASA Proposal Evaluation Material,” which the Government may use for audit support purposes.

All pricing and estimating techniques shall be clearly explained in detail (projections, rates, ratios, percentages, factors, etc.) and shall support the proposed costs in such a manner that audit, computation, and verification can be accomplished. All past actuals shall show the periods of time and costs in detail when used as a basis for estimating the proposed costs.

In order to establish the reasonableness and realism of the proposed costs, and the extent to which costs reflect performance addressed in the Mission Suitability Volume proposal, each Offeror, including proposed significant and non-significant subcontractors, shall submit the required other than certified cost or pricing data (exhibits and supporting narrative) set forth in this provision. These data requirements differ by prime offeror, significant subcontractors, and non-significant subcontractors, as indicated in Section (b) below.

3. L.16. GSFC 52.215-205 PROPOSAL DELIVERY (MAR 2020), first paragraph is revised as follows:

The Offeror shall submit its proposal via NASA’s secure Large File Transfer (LFT). Electronic submissions shall not contain hidden formulas, tables, be locked, be protected or contain links to data not included in the electronic copy. All electronic submissions must be searchable and should not contain scanned documents, except those documents that must be provided in their native format (e.g., signature pages, prior award fee letters for past performance, DCAA/DCMA approval letters, as applicable). It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure documents are free from virus and malware, as documents determined by NASA to contain a virus or malware will not be opened or evaluated. Significant Subcontractors for the Cost

Volume and/or Past Performance Volume may submit their required proposal information separately using the instructions in this provision.