80HQTR23HGEWA RFP Cover Letter.pdf

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TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80HQTR23HGEWA, for

GEWA Concessionaires’ Agreement

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Goddard Employees Welfare

Association (GEWA) Concessionaires’ Agreement solicitation. GEWA is a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of GSFC. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide cafeteria, vending, and catering services to GSFC employees, contractors and visitors. The agreement will also include a condition that requires the cafeteria operator to provide a commission back to

GEWA and to support GEWA activities.

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

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 722310 and the small business size standard is $41.5M.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Concessionaires’ agreement. The agreement will have a 3 year period of performance and 4 option periods.

The anticipated contract award date is 11-01-2023, with a 12-31-2023 contract effective date.

The contract will be performed onsite at NASA GSFC.

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. A Phase-in period will be conducted. The Phase-in period will be 60 days from 11-01-

2023 through 12-31-2023. It will be established using a Phase-in Plan.

2. The Government will make available existing Installation-Accountable Government

Property (IAGP) (Attachment A) for onsite contract performance.

3. A preproposal site visit will be held for this procurement in accordance with RFP clause

L.3 Site Visit.

4. Offerors need to encourage their past performance references to submit Past Performance

Questionnaires (Enclosure 3) directly to Chanda Cannon prior to proposal due date.

5. 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

Contract Specialist, Chanda Channon and the Contracting Officer, Keisha Willingham, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Ray Rubilotta, Code 100.0

Voting Members

Robin Mahoney, Code 100.1

Thomas Wolking, Code 150.0

Mary Collins, Code 702.0

6. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

7. The Contractor shall adhere to all provisions in NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR)

1800.1.

a) The Contractor shall ensure food service employees receive annual medical evaluations for food handlers.

b) The Contractor shall ensure food service employees receive a baseline examination and annual tuberculosis (TB) screening. A chest x-ray is required annually by purified protein derivative (PPD) skin test. Otherwise, only a chest x-ray and blood test are required if an infectious illness is suspected on evaluation.

c) It is highly recommended that all food service employees receive the Hepatitis A vaccination.

d) Other discretionary test includes a complete blood count (CBC) and chest X-rays when recommended.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision

52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS, in particular paragraph (g), which states that the Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors.

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/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 August 21, 2023, by

12:00 p.m. EST.

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 Chanda

Cannon at Chanda.M.Cannon@nasa.gov and copy Keisha Willingham, Contracting Officer, at

Keisha.S.Willingham@nasa.gov on or before August 07, 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.

Keisha Willingham

Contracting Officer