SMASS IV RFP Cover Letter.pdf

Reply to Attn of:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

OP-MS

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80KSC022R0010 for Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services IV (SMASS IV)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services IV (SMASS IV) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide safety, reliability, and quality mission assurance, engineering, and risk assessment at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and other NASA centers, facilities, and sites. Additionally, SMASS IV contractor will manage several safety and mission assurance (SMA) programs for the Agency such as Range Safety, Payload Safety, and Independent Assessment.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a 100% small business set-aside competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330 and the small business size standard is $41.5M.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm-Fixed Price, Level of Effort (LOE) Contract. The contract will have a total potential period of performance of 5 years, including a 20-month Base Period, a 24-month Option Period 1, and a 16-month Option Period 2.

The anticipated contract award date is October 31, 2022, with a February 1, 2023 contract effective date.

Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions; however, the following requirements list is summarized to assist in proposal development. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in sections L and M take precedence:

1. A 30-day Phase-in period will be conducted.

2. Site visits/conferences will not be conducted.

April 8, 2022

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 con:flict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting.

4. NASA KSC appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft RFP. These comments resulted in improvements to the quality and content of the overall RFP. Offerors should review the RFP in its entirety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version. The following list identifies some areas where significant changes or clarifications have been made from the Draft RFP to this final RFP that may not have been addressed in the Draft RFP questions and response:

• Refer to Attachment J-01, Performance Work Statement, sections 4.4 and 4.7 have been revised for content updates

• Refer to Attachment J-04, Contract Section B Tables, Period of Performance dates aligned with the RFP and Flex Hours have been updated

• Refer to Attachment L-02, Level of Effort Hours, Flex Hours have been updated

• Refer to Attachment L-04, Basic Price Template, Flex Hours have been updated and additional rate information requested

• Refer to Attachments L-04.1, Subcontractor Labor Rate Details Template and L-09, Total Compensation Plan Summary, have been added

This list is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements.

Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

5. Please note a Secret security level facilities clearance is required for this acquisition in accordance with the DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification. The Secret Facility Clearance is due at the time of proposal submission. Refer to provision L.18.4 Facility Security Clearance Requirement.

6. Be advised, in accordance with provision Attachment L-08, Past Performance Questionnaire, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

7. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

8. 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. The SMASS IV acquisition website is at https://procurement.ksc.nasa.gov/SMASSIV This website will provide potential off erors access to a library of technical documents applicable to this acquisition.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (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.

To control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy required all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). While the RFP's Price Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the Offeror's Price Volume proposal shall include completed Price Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas.

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The procurement ombudsman for this acquisition is Burton R. Summerfield, burton.r.surnmerfield@nasa.gov.

This RFP does not commit NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center to procure or contract for these services. This request is not an authorization to proceed, and does not authorize payment for any charges incurred by the off eror for performing any of the work called for in this solicitation.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than May 24, 2022, 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Proposals for this solicitation are required to be submitted through NASA's Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Box https://nasagov.app.box.com/f/ aa25be9af24f4eea9cf4ee799ffeeb8d 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 instruction entitled "Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA's EFSS Box" which provides instructions related to the submission of proposal 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.

In accordance with NFS 1815.201(£), a "Blackout Notice" has been issued to NASA personnel. All inquiries/communications pertaining to this acquisition shall be directed only to the Contracting Officer listed below.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Contracting Officer, at KSC-SMASS-IV-info@mail.nasa.gov on or before April 20, 2022, 12:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Digitally signed by Beatrice Beatrice Muranaka Muranaka

Beatrice A. Muranaka Contracting Officer

Date: 2022.04.08 07:39:49 -04'00'