CHARLES Industry Day Enclosure.pdf

COMMUNICATIONS WITH INDUSTRY

LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

COMPREHENSIVE AIRCRAFT READINESS, LIFECYCLE, ENGINEERING,

AND SUPPORT (CHARLES) CONTRACT

NASA/JSC will hold one-on-one meetings with industry on September 1, 2021 virtually via Microsoft Teams to discuss the anticipated CHARLES contract. The meetings will be held with the interested parties at the scheduled times provided in the response to the

RSVP.

The goal of the CHARLES Industry Day is to promote and facilitate open communication with industry. The purpose of the CHARLES industry day one-on-one communication meetings is to allow industry the opportunity to openly communicate with the Government by providing comments and inputs early enough in the procurement process for consideration during the procurement strategy.

Please note that neither side will be making a formal presentation during the one-on-one communication meetings and recording devices are not permitted.

The following topics may be discussed:

1. The general purpose of the announced procurement;

2. Any information about JSC that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors;

3. Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior contracts whose requirements will be addressed in whole or in part under a follow-on procurement;

4. Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and

5. Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and pre-solicitation synopses.

Questions regarding the subjects below will not be discussed:

1. Proprietary or confidential business information of incumbent contractor(s) or other business entities;

2. Privacy Act protected information such as, incumbent contractor employees’ personal data;

3. Trade Secrets Act protected information;

4. Speculation on what the Government might be looking for in proposals;

5. Different technical and management approaches;

6. Technical Efficiencies;

7. Any particular Government Emphasis; and

8. Incumbent’s performance.

To schedule your appointment please contact the following individuals:

Alice Jean Pursell - alice.j.pursell@nasa.gov and Darrell Compton – darrell.r.compton@nasa.gov

Please provide the following in your email request:

1) Point of Contact (with the company you represent).

2) Point of Contact’s phone number.

3) Point of Contact’s e-mail address.

4) The names of all persons planning to attend and their affiliated company.

5) Any specific disabilities that need to be accommodated.

NOTE: E-mail request(s):

Due to the potential volume of e-mail requests, as well as to distinguish the requests from all other e-mail, please annotate in the subject line indicating:

“CHARLES: Industry Day Request for One-on-One Meeting.”

Thank you mailto:alice.j.pursell@nasa.gov mailto:darrell.r.compton@nasa.gov