80JSC022RPOC V DRFP Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, Texas 77058-3696

June 13, 2022

Reply to Attn of: BH2-22-012

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80JSC022RPOCV, for Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Capture (RPOC) V

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center’s (JSC), Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Capture (RPOC) V draft solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide engineering services for the Aerospace and Flight Mechanics Division (EG) in the JSC Engineering Directorate. The offeror shall provide engineering services to support Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C), system engineering, and rendezvous and proximity operations initiatives for the ISS and HEO Programs at NASA JSC and other NASA Centers’ requirements as necessary. The effort includes, but is not limited to, support of research, analysis, design, development, integration, verification, test, evaluation, and operations support. The scope of these tasks encompasses the program architecture definition, analysis and development, as well as the entire spacecraft definition and development process including requirements development, concept development, technology development, system design, system and vehicle evaluation, system and vehicle test, verification, integration and operations support.

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.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF), single-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the ability to issue CPFF or Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) 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 541330, Engineering Services with the exception for Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons (MAE&MW), and the small business size standard is $41.5M.

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/

(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/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-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 July 8, 2022, with proposals being due approximately 30 calendar days later.

The anticipated contract award date is November 1, 2022, with a December 1, 2022 contract start date. The contract will be performed onsite at NASA JSC, offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and/or virtually.

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

1. A Phase-in period will be conducted. The anticipated dates are November 1, 2022 - November 30, 2022.

2. The Government will make available existing Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP) for onsite contract performance as described in Section G of the DRFP.

3. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to clauses H.2 NFS 1852.209-71, Limitation of Future Contracting, and H.3 OCI Avoidance Measures, for more details. Section J-1, DRD-05 instructs offerors to submit an OCI Avoidance/Mitigation Plan.

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 Provision L.8, “Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s EFSS Box”, which provides instructions related to the submission of proposal, and test files, via 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.

5. To view the documents available in the Technical eLibrary, please visit the

RPOCV listing on https://sam.gov.

https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/ https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update https://sam.gov/

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, 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, any amendments, and links to online reference/technical library will be attainable electronically 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 Donna M. Shafer, donna.m.shafer@nasa.gov , 281.483.4258.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA JSC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA JSC 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 Wendy S. Crisman, Contracting Officer, at jsc-rpocv@mail.nasa.gov , within 10 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).

Wendy S. Crisman Contracting Officer

Enclosure:

Draft RFP 80JSC022RPOCV mailto:donna.m.shafer@nasa.gov