80KSC023R0022 Final Request for Proposal Cover Letter.pdf

1. NASA Kennedy Space Center 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 list identifying areas where significant changes or clarifications have been made from the Draft RFP to this final RFP are an attachment to this announcement. This list is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements. The Government responses to Industry Draft RFP Questions are posted in this RFP announcement. Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

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

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS, in particular paragraph (g), which states that the Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, and any amendments 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 website for updates.

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/ pub_library/Omb.html.

This RFP does not commit NASA Kennedy Space Center to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA 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 offeror for performing any of the work called for in this solicitation.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than April 4, 2024, at 4:30 PM EST. 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 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(f), a “Blackout Notice” will be 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 KSC- NANO4-Info@mail.NASA.gov on or before March 13, 2024. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Enclosures: NANO 4 Summary of Significant Changes

Brenda L. Teachworth Contracting Officer

NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4)

All sections may have been revised in the solicitation. Significant changes are documented below. Offerors should carefully review the solicitation as it replaces the Draft RFP in its entirety.

Summary of Significant Changes from the Draft RFP Section Title Change

3.2 FAR 52.212-5

CONTRACT TERMS

AND CONDITIONS

REQUIRED TO

IMPLEMENT

STATUES OR

EXECUTIVE

ORDERS-

COMMERCIAL

PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL

SERVICES (FEB 2024)

Updated.

5.5 FAR 52.212-3

OFFEROR

REPRESENTATION

AND

CERTIFICATIONS –

COMMERCIAL

PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL

SERVICES (NOV

2023) ALTERNATE I

(Feb 2024)

Updated.

NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4)

All sections may have been revised in the solicitation. Significant changes are documented below. Offerors should carefully review the solicitation as it replaces the Draft RFP in its entirety.

Summary of Significant Changes from the Draft RFP Section Title Change

Attachment 1 Statement of Work

SOW SSC CLIN 14 Added paragraph (x).

Attachment 3 Economic Price Adjustment Clause

ECONOMIC PRICE

ADJUSTMENT

CLAUSE

Updated paragraph (a).

Attachment 6 Price Proposal Template

Product Price Tab, Other Pricing Tab and Total Evaluated Price Summary

Deleted CLIN 3 and marked "Reserved.”