NRESS III Draft RFP Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, MD 20771

February 18, 2025

Code 173

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80HQTR25R7002, for

NASA Research and Education Support Services (NRESS) III

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA) Headquarters’ (HQ)’s NASA Research and Education Support Services (NRESS) III solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide professional support services and information technology support and related services for the NRESS Program to support the agency’s peer review program. The requirements for this effort will support meeting the objectives of NASA HQ’s and other Centers with research, education, and outreach initiatives that provide opportunities for participating in NASA’s research programs to education institutions, businesses, and individuals. Services include support of activities ancillary to soliciting research proposals, such as workshops that are convened to plan long-range research objectives and to review and evaluate ongoing Enterprise research programs to determine their effectiveness and relevance to NASA’s mission. Services will also include sustainment of system compliance with federal and NASA IT policies, new system architecture development and database management and enhancements to an end-to-end web-based electronic system that supports the submission, evaluation, and selection of research proposals.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work.

Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements. Potential offerors are also encouraged to comment on the clarity of the Representative Task Order (RTO) requirements, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a competitive 8(a) set-aside. This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with the ability to issue CPFF task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years from the contract effective date. The North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541611, Administrative Management and General

Management Consulting Services, with a small business size standard of $24.5M.

Potential offerors should ensure its company is listed in the online database(s) for the following:

(1) System for award management: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

Rev.: 9/2024

(2) U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, VETS-4212

Reports: https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/

(3) Date Universal Numbering System (and the transition to the US Government’s unique entity identifier (UEI)): https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/technology-transformation-services/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-systems-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update

The successful offeror must pass an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) clearance before contract award (See FAR 22.805).

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about April

29, 2025, with proposals being due approximately 30 days later.

The anticipated contract award date is March 13, 2026, with a June 01, 2026, contract effective date. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

The following additional information is provided to assist in understanding this acquisition:

1. Prior to the contract effective date, a 60-day Phase-in Period will be awarded under a separate Firm Fixed Price (FFP) purchase order.

2. The Government will make available existing Government Furnished Property (GFP) for offsite use at the Contractor’s facility as described in the DRFP.

3. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential Organizational

Conflict of Interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to NFS clause 1852.209-71, Limitation of Future Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting. Offerors should refer to NASA clause 1852.237-72, Access to

Sensitive Information, which references the OCI plan as a contract compliance document.

4. 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 instructions entitled

“Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s 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.

Additional information will be available in the NRESS III Online Reference Library. Please continue to monitor SAM.gov for the link and associated documents, which will be uploaded no later than Monday, February 24, 2025.

Potential offerors are requested to periodically monitor www.SAM.gov for updates.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/ https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/technology-transformation-services/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-systems-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/technology-transformation-services/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-systems-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/technology-transformation-services/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-systems-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update http://www.sam.gov/

NASA policy requires 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

Ombudsman for this acquisition is Lisa Ziehmann at lisa.m.ziehmann@nasa.gov and 202-358-

3861.

This DRFP is not a solicitation, and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA HQ to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA HQ to procure or contract for this requirement. 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.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Chanda

Cannon, Contract Specialist, at Chanda.M.Cannon@nasa.gov, and Jasmine N. Jett, Contracting

Officer, at Jasmine.N.Jett@nasa.gov, within 14 calendar days after the release of this DRFP. If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately. However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP. Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the

GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation. The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

mailto:lisa.m.ziehmann@nasa.gov mailto:Chanda.M.Cannon@nasa.gov mailto:Jasmine.N.Jett@nasa.gov

Jasmine N. Jett

Contracting Officer

Enclosure:

Draft RFP 80HQTR25R7002

Attachments:

Attachment A - Statement of Work (SOW)

Attachment B - Direct Labor Rates, Indirect Rates, and Fixed Fee Matrices

Attachment C - Financial Management Reporting Requirements

Attachment D - Government Furnished Property (GFP)

Attachment E - Applicable Documents List

Attachment F - Contract Data Requirements List

Attachment G - Department of Labor (DOL), Wage Determination (WD)

Attachment H - Contract Historical Data

Attachment I - Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Avoidance Plan

Attachment J - Information Systems Security Plan

Attachment K - Organizational Conflict of Interest Data Requirements Description (DRD)

Attachment L - Security Requirements for Unclassified IT Resources DRD

Attachment M- Requirements Statement List

Enclosures:

Enclosure 1 - Incumbent Contract Historical Data

Enclosure 2 - Past Performance Questionnaire

Enclosure 3 - Government Pricing Model (GPM) Labor Hours and PDs

Enclosure 4 - Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

Enclosure 5 - Representative Task Order (RTO) #1

Enclosure 6 - RTO #2

Enclosure 7 - RTO #3

Exhibits:

Exhibits 1-11 - Cost Charts