BH4-17-029_HHIMS2_RFP_Cover_Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, Texas 77058-3696

December 21, 2017

Reply to Attn of: BH4-17-029

TO: All Prospective Offerors

FROM: BH4/Contracting Officer, Projects Procurement Office

Subject: Request for Proposal (RFP) 80JSC018R0007, Human Health and Institutional

Management Support 2 (HHIMS2) Contract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

(JSC), is hereby issuing the RFP for qualified firms that meet the classification described below for the HHIMS2 contract. The RFP is to provide support to the Human Health and Performance

Directorate and other performances at JSC in Houston, Texas. The successful offeror will provide 1) Contract Support, 2) Institutional Management Support, 3) Information Technology

Support, and 4) Approved Conference Support.

HHIMS2 is a total Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-aside and has been assigned North American Industry Classification System code 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. The size standard is $15,000,000.

Offerors are advised to read all requirements contained herein and in the RFP. The following information should be considered in proposal preparation:

Acquisition Structure

The HHIMS2 acquisition will be conducted as a Lowest Price/Technically Acceptable

Procurement resulting in a single award, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery

Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. Authorization to perform work under the HHIMS2 contract will be through the issuance of FFP Task Orders (TOs).

The Government anticipates a 5-year period of performance comprised of a 5-year base period. The phase-in period will be 30 days.

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NASA plans to award IDIQ TOs in accordance with NFS 1852.216-80 TO Procedure to fulfill the annual requirements. The TO requirements shall be priced utilizing the labor categories and proposed rates in Section B, Clause 1.7-1 Fully Burdened Rates for Pricing TOs.

IDIQ Guaranteed Minimum Quantity of Work – Minimum Contract Total - $250,000, Not-to-

Exceed Maximum Contract Total - $9,900,000.

TOs shall be priced utilizing the labor categories and proposed rates in Clause 1.7, Fully

Burdened Rates for Pricing TOs.

A NASA Standard Labor Categories and Government Resource Estimates has been provided in Table 5.11.2-1.

Offerors are encouraged to ensure their company is listed in the on-line database for the following:

o System for Award Management: https://www.sam.gov o Veteran’s Employment Training Service 4212: http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm o Data Universal Numbering System: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform o Equal Employment Opportunity National Pre-Award Registry: https://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/preaward/pa_reg.html

Questions Related to the RFP

In order for answers to the RFP to be obtained and disseminated in a timely manner, questions must be submitted in writing no later than January 12, 2018, at 4:00PM Central Standard Time

(CST). Questions are highly encouraged and may be submitted in writing directly to the

Contracting Officer at sophia.mo@nasa.gov. Please begin entries with “Questions-HHIMS2

RFP.”

The Government will not respond to questions for information that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information.

Answers to questions will be posted to the FedBizOpps site through an amendment to this solicitation.

Questions and answers to the RFP will be separated from, and have no bearing on, subsequent evaluation of proposals submitted in response to the RFP. The use of ideas, questions, and comments to amend the structure of the RFP is at the discretion of the Government. Eligibility to participate in any future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice. The

Government will not critique a potential offeror’s questions, and the RFP should not be used by offerors to market their products/services.

The RFP does not commit the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the

Government for costs incurred in the preparation and submittal of proposals in anticipation of a contract in response to this RFP.

https://www.sam.gov/ http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform https://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/preaward/pa_reg.html https://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/preaward/pa_reg.html mailto:sophia.mo@nasa.gov

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Email Correspondence

All e-mail correspondence related to this procurement shall only be submitted to the Contracting

Officer at sophia.mo@nasa.gov.

Thank you for your participation and interest in this procurement.

Sophia Mo

Contracting Officer

Enclosures mailto:sophia.mo@nasa.gov