BA-19-010_-_CLPS_On-Ramp_RFP_Cover_Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

2101 NASA Parkway Houston, Texas 77058-3696

Reply to Attn of: BA-19-010

TO: All Prospective Offerors

FROM: BA/Contracting Officer

SUBJECT: Final Request for Proposal (RFP) 80JSC019R0013, Commercial Lunar Payload

Services (CLPS) On-Ramp 2019

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

(JSC), is hereby issuing the Final RFP for qualified firms that meet the classification described below for the CLPS On-Ramp 2019 solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to acquire end-to-end commercial payload services between the Earth and the lunar surface for

NASA Headquarters' Science Mission Directorate, Human Exploration and Operations Mission

Directorate, and Space Technology Mission Directorate. The contractor shall provide all activities necessary to safely integrate, accommodate, transport, and operate NASA payloads using contractor-provided assets, including launch vehicles, lunar lander spacecraft, lunar surface systems, Earth re-entry vehicles, and associated resources. The Statement of Work, Attachment

A, describes the scope of the requirement.

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

ACQUISITION STRUCTURE:

The CLPS On-Ramp 2019 acquisition will be conducted as an “Other than Full and Open

Competition,” limiting sources to domestic providers for the purposes of industrial mobilization.

The North American Industry Classification System code for this acquisition is 481212 and the small business size standard is 1500 employees.

This competitive procurement allows for the on-ramping of additional vendors to the existing

CLPS multiple award contracts. This procurement is for Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite-

Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with the ability to issue FFP task orders. The anticipated contract award and effective date is October 15, 2019. The contracts will have an effective ordering period of approximately 9 years from the contract’s effective date through

November 29, 2028.

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The contracts will be performed offsite. The place of performance and launch site shall be identified by the contractor in its responses to individual task orders issued post award. Any

Government Furnished Property for offsite use at the contractor’s facility will be identified in the

Government Property List, if applicable, and included as part of the task order level competition.

Enclosure 1 is the Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan and is provided for informational purposes only. Enclosure 2 is the original CLPS solicitation 80HQTR18R0011R list of questions and answers provided for reference in proposal preparation.

The Government will review the Offerors’ information in the following on-line databases during the evaluation process. This list is not all-inclusive:

• System for Award Management: https://www.sam.gov/

• Data Universal Numbering System: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform

• The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) National Pre-award

Registry: https://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/preaward

(Note: The Contracting Officer will request clearance from the appropriate OFCCP regional office before award of any contract, and all first-tier subcontracts, of $10 million or more in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 22.805.)

• VETS-4212 Federal Contractor Reporting:

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212

(Note: Before a contract can be awarded, the Contracting Officer will verify that the

Offerors in the Competitive Range, or the apparent Successful Offeror only has submitted their VETS-4212 report).

• Past Performance Information Retrieval System:

https://www.cpars.gov/ppirs/ppirsmain.htm

ELECTRONIC ACCESS:

An electronic Technical Reference Library (TRL) is available for various types of historical data and other pertinent applicable documents and information regarding this procurement and its requirements. The CLPS On-Ramp electronic library is available at the https://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/clps/ and at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website www.FBO.gov. To promote competition and understanding of the RFP, Offerors are encouraged to suggest any additional information they would like to see made available in the TRL.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:

In response to this solicitation, each proposal submitted shall include the Offerer’s name and complete address, including street, city, state, and 9-digit zip code. In addition, include the telephone, fax numbers, and e-mail address of the contact person responsible for the proposal.

Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal. Insert the company’s CAGE code in Block

17A on Standard Form 1449. Block 17A will appear next to the name and address of the

Offeror.

https://www.sam.gov/ http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform https://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/preaward https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212 https://www.cpars.gov/ppirs/ppirsmain.htm https://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/clps/ http://www.fbo.gov/

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Only one proposal per Offeror will be accepted. If more than one proposal is received from a single Offeror, the Government will accept the last proposal received before the submission deadline. All other versions will be regarded as unacceptable. Additionally, all parties to a Joint

Venture must sign the Standard Form 1449.

Offerors must deliver their proposal in accordance with Part IV Proposal Marking and Delivery.

Proposals are due no later than 4:00 p.m., Central Standard Time on Thursday, August 29, 2019.

Proposals delivered after the prescribed time for receipt of proposals will be considered late and treated in accordance with FAR clause 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors-Competitive

Acquisitions.

COMMUNICATION WITH INDUSTRY:

Offerors are reminded that a Blackout Notice for this procurement was distributed to all applicable NASA personnel concurrently with the release of the Final RFP to Industry.

Therefore, all communications pertaining to this procurement shall be directed only to the

Contracting Officer listed below.

In order for answers and additional TRL information to be obtained and disseminated in a timely manner, questions and suggested TRL information must be submitted in writing by Thursday, August 22, 2019, no later than 4:00 p.m., Central Daylight Time. The Government will not respond to questions or TRL requests for information that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information.

All questions shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer at aubrie.henspeter@nasa.gov. Please title the e-mail “Questions – CLPS On-Ramp 2019 RFP” or

“Questions – CLPS On-Ramp 2019 TRL” in the subject block. The Government will provide verification that questions have been received via email.

Anonymous questions to the Contracting Officer are no longer allowable as of the release of this

RFP. The anonymous question link on the acquisition website has been removed. All questions and answers in response to the RFP may be found on the FBO website at: https://www.fbo.gov/.

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.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring the FBO website and the CLPS On-Ramp 2019, (https://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/clps/), for any amendments to the Final RFP, additional information, and changes to the schedule. Information will be posted as it becomes publicly available.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to 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.

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This RFP does not commit NASA to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate

NASA 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.

Noteworthy Differences - (Original CLPS RFP 80HQTR18R0011R vs. CLPS On-Ramp 2019

RFP 80JSC019R0013)

RFP Part I

1) Deleted clause I.1, Contractor Requests for Government-Furnished Property (AUG

2015), which is not applicable to firm-fixed priced contracts.

2) Updated clause I.10 to the latest version, from Minimum and Maximum Ordering Limits

(JSC 52.216-90) (AUG 2013) to IDIQ Minimum and Maximum Ordering Limits (JSC 52.216-

90) (NOV 2018)

3) Updated clause I.17 to the latest version, from Task Ordering Procedure (NASA FAR

Supplement (NFS) 1852.216-80) (OCT 1996), Alternate II (MAR 2018) (Deviation) to Task

Ordering Procedure (NFS 1852.216-80) (OCT 1996), Alternate II (APR 2018)

4) Corrected clause I.18, Small Business Subcontracting Goals (JSC 52.219-90) (OCT

2006) to reflect the administrative error in goal percentages. Percentages now sync with the percentages in RFP Part IV.78 Offer Volume (c) Additional Information to be Furnished (3)

Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

5) Added clause, I.33 Contract Funding at Award, to align to current CLPS contracts

6) Added clause, I.34 52.204-92 NASA Security Program and Identification of Employees

(AUG 2018) (JSC Procurement Instruction), to align to current CLPS contracts

RFP Part II

7) Updated clause Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders—Commercial Items (FAR 52.212-5) from (JAN 2018) version to (MAY 2019)

RFP Part III

8) Updated clause Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (FAR

52.212-3) from (NOV 2017) version to (OCT 2018)

9) Updated III.3 clause Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (FAR 52.209-7) from

(JUL 2013) version to (OCT 2018)

RFP Part IV

10) Updated clause Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (FAR 52.212-1) from (JAN

2017) version to (OCT 2018)

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11) Updated IV.1 clause from Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in

Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran-Representation And Certification (FAR 52.225-25) (DEC

2012) to Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions

Relating to Iran-Representation and Certification (FAR 52.225-25) (AUG 2018)

12) Updated IV.2 clause from Communications Regarding this Solicitation (GSFC 52.215-

200) (SEP 2017) to 52.215-124 Communications Regarding this Solicitation (JSC 52.215-124)

(AUG 2018)

13) Updated IV.6 Proposal Preparation-General Instructions to reflect electronic delivery of proposals through FBO.gov (not hard copy delivery).

14) Updated IV.9 Technical Volume section (2)(1), from “The offeror’s ability to provide an intact lunar landed mission that delivers at least 10 kg of NASA payload before December 31, 2021” to “The offeror’s ability to provide an intact lunar landed mission that delivers at least 10 kg or greater of NASA payload before December 31, 2023”

a) Also updated part IV.9 Technical Volume section (2)(1)(b) to “the delivery of a payload prior to December 31, 2023”

15) Replaced IV.10 Proposal Marking and Delivery (GSFC 52.215-205) (SEPT 2014) with

Proposal Marking and Delivery through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) (JSC 52.215-

205) (AUG 2018)

RFP Part V

16) Updated V.2 Technical Evaluation (1), from “The offeror’s ability to provide an intact lunar landed mission that delivers at least 10 kg of NASA payload before December 31, 2021” to

“The offeror’s ability to provide an intact lunar landed mission that delivers at least 10 kg or greater of NASA payload before December 31, 2023”

a) Also updated part V.2 Technical Evaluation (1) (b) to “the delivery of a payload prior to December 31, 2023”

Although every effort was made to include even minor changes, there may be some edits that are not recorded. Therefore, all potential Offerors are advised to carefully read the entire RFP. In the event of a discrepancy between this letter and the CLPS On-Ramp 2019 Final RFP, the CLPS

On-Ramp 2019 Final RFP shall govern.

Thank you for your participation and interest in this procurement.

Aubrie Henspeter

Contracting Officer

Enclosures

Enclosure 1 - Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

Enclosure 2 - Original CLPS solicitation No. 80HQTR18R0011R Questions and Answers