80MSFC25R0005 FOMSS II Request for Proposal_Amendment P00002.docx

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

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14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (CONTINUED):

(a) The primary purpose of this amendment is to respond to RFP questions and comments in relation to the MSFC FOMSS II solicitation Amendment P00001.

(b) Attachment A, Responses to Industry RFP Questions, provides responses to questions and comments provided by industry. Attachment B, Summary of Changes, provides a From-To Matrix of the resulting changes made between Amendment P00001 and Amendment P00002. Additionally, Attachment L-1, Excel Pricing Model, is updated and replaced in its entirety (updates are noted in Attachment B).

(c) Failure by the offeror to acknowledge receipt of this amendment either on the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, SF30, Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract, or transmittal letter by the due date for receipt of proposals may result in a determination that the proposal is unacceptable and therefore ineligible for award.

(d) In relation to Section L, Provision MSFC 52.205-90, Designated Point of Contact, paragraph (b), the period for questions or comments relative to this acquisition has closed (i.e., questions and comments relative to this acquisition were previously due no later than 4:00 p.m., Central Time, December 12, 2024). At this time, the Government is no longer accepting additional questions or comments in relation to the solicitation.

(e) All other terms and conditions of RFP 80MSFC25R0005 remain unchanged.

ATTACHMENT A – RESPONSES TO INDUSTRY RFP QUESTIONS

The answer to question 35 states, “The Table SC-1.1 note three is revised to only require stating which PWS work category the personnel are performing work under Core Mission Services and overhead”. However, Table J-22 nor the PWS provide labor categories for necessary positions such as IDIQ Manager, Project Managers, or IDIQ Schedulers. Will the Government clarify how these IDIQ positions should be costed/presented?

IDIQ managerial and/or support positions are accounted for as overhead. Depending on the offeror's accounting system, this may be included through either Core Mission Services or IDIQ, or both.

Volume IV (c)(3) Offeror Fill-ins table identified L-4 and Section L, MSFC 52.215-90 Summary of Deviations/Exceptions as being fill-ins to submit. The answer to Question 49 is that the L-4 should be provided in the Price Volume and page L-45 was changed to remove L-4 from the fill-ins to be submitted in Volume IV. However, the revised page L-45 did not eliminate the requirement for submitting Section L fill-ins for MSFC 52.215-90 Summary of Deviations/Exceptions.

As Offerors do not return Section L as part of the proposal, will the Government please confirm if the Offerors shall return Section L with MSFC 52.215-90 filled in, or is it acceptable to provide the deviations/exception information in Section II of Volume IV where it is one of the requirements to be addressed (with any pricing related exceptions/deviations provided in the Cost/Price Volume)?

Offerors shall explain any exceptions, deviations, and conditional assumptions with respect to this solicitation as part of Volume IV - Contract, Section II, Item (7), utilizing the table provided in Section L provision MSFC 52.215-90 Summary of Deviations/Exceptions. However, exceptions, deviations, and conditional assumptions taken with respect to the Price/Cost Volume, shall be explained as part of Section 1 of Volume II - Price/Cost Volume, Paragraph (2)(i)(B).

The answer to Question 18 states, “Offerors shall utilize the CBA hourly labor rates and applicable wage determinations provided in the solicitation per Section L provision Factor II - Price Volume Instructions (a)(6)…”.

However, as the latest applicable wage determinations are more recent (effective July 1, 2024), will the government update the RFP to reflect the most accurate CBA hourly labor rates? Otherwise will the the government accept a Request for an Equitable Adjustment (REA) for the difference in the hourly wages and fringe?

The wage determination reflected in the solicitation is current (i.e., 2015-4603 Revision 27 dated July 22, 2024). Attachment J-3, Part 2, is revised to incorporate the latest NABTC CBA, which includes an updated Schedule A effective July 1, 2024. The updated NABTC CBA was provided to the Government on January 6, 2025, and is in the process of being incorporated into the current FOMSS I contract. Offerors should adjust their proposal to account for the updated NABTC CBA, as appropriate.

In the RFP - Attachment J-23, within Table J-23-A: Schedule A Minimally Acceptable Average Direct Labor Rates (page J-23-1), for the Safety and Mission Assurance Manager, the Gov't included "Safety Coordinator (ERI Job Code 1254)/ 10 years" in the column labeled "ERI Mapping and/or Incumbent / Years of Experience”.

Can the Government please confirm if this role and the job duties align to a Safety Coordinator or is this role managing people? It appears this role would be better aligned Safety Manager LCAT in ERI compared to the Safety Coordinator ERI LCAT.

Confirmed. The Government has determined that the “Safety and Mission Assurance Manager” LCAT role aligns to "Coordinator" rather than "Manager." As a result, this LCAT in Table J-22 is revised to reflect "Safety and Mission Assurance Coordinator" in the title and updated language in the position description/duties.

In the RFP - Attachment J-23, within Table J-23-A: Schedule A Minimally Acceptable Average Direct Labor Rates (page J-23-1), for the lifting Devices Engineer NASA LCAT, the Government included "Mechanical Engineer (ERI Job No. 4055)/10 years" in the column labeled "ERI Mapping and/or Incumbent/Years of Experience". In Attachment J-22, within Table J-22 "Government Identified Labor Category Descriptions" (page J-22-4), the Government included the following Education/Experience for the Lifting Devices Engineer: "Experience: Five to eight years of related experience."

Can the Government confirm if the expected years of experience should be 5-8 years of experience or 10 years of experience. If the Government requires 10 years of experience, will the Government consider updating the experience requirements in Attachment J-22?

Confirmed. The Lifting Devices Engineer requirement should be five to eight years for related experience. For the purpose of determining benchmark rates, the ERI threshold of 10 years was determined most appropriate.

In the RFP - Attachment J-23, within Table J-23-A: Schedule A Minimally Acceptable Average Direct Labor Rates (page J-23-1), for the Data Engineer, the Gov't included "Data Engineer (ERI Job No. 7717)/ 3 years" in the column labeled "ERI Mapping and/or Incumbent / Years of Experience”. The Gov’t also included a footnote for this chart that the Minimally Acceptable Average Direct Labor rates are based on ERI Salary Survey Rate at the 25th percentile and/or blended labor rate between the incumbent and ERI. It does not appear that DL rate provided for the Data Engineer with 3 years of experience at the 25th ERI percentile aligns to the ERI data using the Data Engineer LCAT with 3 years at the 25th ERI percentile.

Can the Government please confirm that that they used the “Data Engineer” ERI LCAT, with 3 years of experience, at the 25th ERI percentile for the DL basis for this LCAT or did the Gov’t intend to include that the minimum DL basis is a blend between ERI and the Incumbent?

Confirmed.

In Amendment 01, the Government stated that the escalation rates within Attachment L-1, Tab B, were updated to reflect the updated escalation rates provided in Table L-2 of the Price Volume/RFP. However, there appears to be a discrepancy in the escalation rates provided Attachment L-1, Tab B compared to the escalation rates provided in the RFP, Table L-2 (page L-27). For example, the Government included 3.62% escalation for OY1 in Tab B (cell S3), which aligns to the 2025 escalation as provided in Table L-2, 3.37% escalation in Tab B (cell AG3), which aligns to 2026 escalation as provided in Table L-2, 3.09% escalation in Tab B (cell E94), which aligns to 2028 escalation in Table L-2, and 3.02% in Tab B (Cell S94), which aligns to 2029 escalation in Table L-2. Therefore, the 2027 escalation of 3.36% as provided the RFP, Table L-2, is not included for any of the Option Year escalation rates in Attachment L-1, Tab B.

Tab B of Attachment L-1 is revised to correct the escalation rates for Option Periods 1 and 2.

The answers to Questions 2, 31 and 47 state that all pages of the Volume IV shall not contain any information other than the solicitation number and page number from the solicitation, and Questions 31 and 47 further state that this applies to all pages regardless of whether they contain proprietary data.

Will the Government please clarify if it means to exclude the directives and guidelines of FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition which, in paragraph (3), allows for Offerors to mark the title page and all pages that contain proprietary data with a prescribed legend?

Does the Government acknowledge, based on the type of information being requested in all Volume IV sections, that all the proposal data (including the contract value dollars in Section B) is subject to FOIA restrictions, specifically Exemption 4 (trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is confidential or privileged)?

In accordance with Section L provision 1852.215-81, Proposal Page Limitations, paragraph (b)(4), Offerors shall not include any information in the Contract volume headers or footers, except for the solicitation number and page numbers as provided in the solicitation. Volume IV - Contract is an official Government document subject to Freedom of Information Act release, reflecting any necessary redactions required to safeguard contractor proprietary information. All Offeror information submitted in response to this solicitation will be safeguarded in accordance with applicable Government regulations.

The RFP requirement on page L-42 and 43 states the requirements to be contained in the (c)(1) transmission letter which does not include the (c)(2) Standard Form or (c)(3) A-K; nor does it include the (d) Section II requirements. The answer to Question 48 states that only the information in Volume IV (c)(1) should be submitted with the transmittal letter and that Volume IV (d) Section II should be submitted separately.

Will the Government please clarify if Volume IV should be submitted as one master all- inclusive Volume IV that includes the requirements from both Section I (transmittal letter attachment in PDF and standard form/A-K attachments in Microsoft Word) and Section II (either text within the Volume or as attachments)?

Confirmed. Offerors shall provide the Contract volume in the following order as a single combined Volume IV submission: (1) Section I Transmittal letter in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) of Section L provision Volume IV - Contract Instructions, (2) SF 1449, (3) All contract pages in sections B through K in their entirety (not just fill-in pages), and (4) All Section II information Items (d)(1) through (7), as applicable. As necessary, items may be provided in their native format (e.g., joint venture agreement).

In Attachment L-1, Tab D, can the Government please confirm that only the TOTAL Dollars should be rounded to the nearest dollar? For example, can the Government please confirm that only the “Total” column (Column DP) will be rounded to the nearest dollar and the dollars provided within column C – DO do not need to be rounded to the nearest dollar?

Section L provision Factor II - Price Volume Instructions, paragraph (a)(5) is revised to clarify that only the bottom line “Total” dollar amount in Tab A (i.e., Line 30, “Total Value”) is required to be rounded to the nearest dollar. Attachment L-1 is updated to automatically apply rounding on line 30 of Tab A.

The answer to Question 52 states that Attachment L-1 is replaced in its entirety. However, will the government also synchronize the Non-Labor Item Categories on Tabs D-1 through D-5 with the categories available on Tabs G and H?

Attachment L-1 lacks the ability to synchronize the Non-Labor Items categories on Tabs D-1 through D-5 with the categories available on Tabs G and H. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure consistency between the different tabs.

To avoid confusion on where to list applicable Non-Labor Items, Attachment L-1 is revised substantially to utilize Tab G to list all Non-Labor Items instead. Tab H is now reserved and does not contain any data at this time.

"(b) In determining the overall relevancy of individual referenced contracts, each referenced contract will be evaluated in the order of size, content, and complexity. If a referenced contract is determined to be not relevant in either size, content, or complexity, it will be determined not relevant overall and will not be further evaluated. NASA reserves the right to evaluate past performance referenced contracts for subcontractors other than applicable subcontractors that have the potential to impact performance of the proposed contract."

Question: Is it the Government's intent to use the Price Volume's term and definition, Applicable Subcontractor, in the past performance section and state, "NASA reserves the right to evaluate past performance referenced contracts for subcontractors other than major subcontractors, to include evaluating past performance for applicable subcotractors that have the potential to impact performance on the proposed contract"?

Section M provision Factor III - Past Performance Volume Evaluation, paragraph (b), inadvertently changed the term "major" to "applicable." Amendment P00002 revises this Section M provision to reflect the term "major" consistent with Section L provision Factor III - Past Performance Volume Instructions, paragraph (b).

Attachment A, page 1 ATTACHMENT B – SUMMARY OF CHANGES BETWEEN AMENDMENT P00001 AND AMENDMENT P00002 SOLICITATION

Provision is revised substantially.

Escalation for these rates beyond the base period shall be consistent with instructions provided above.”

“Safety and Mission Assurance Manager” in the table Sentences added for clarification:

“The direct labor rates provided below have been escalated to the base period (2025). Option years shall be escalated consistent with the instructions provided above.”

“Safety and Mission Assurance Coordinator” in the table

Attachment L-1 is revised substantially.

“NASA reserves the right to evaluate past performance referenced contracts for subcontractors other than applicable subcontractors that have the potential to impact performance of the proposed contract.”

Third sentence:

“NASA reserves the right to evaluate past performance referenced contracts for subcontractors other than major subcontractors that have the potential to impact performance of the proposed contract.”

Attachment B, page 1

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

1852.216-78 FIRM FIXED PRICE (DEC 1988)

The total firm fixed price of this contract is $ (To Be Proposed [TBP]).

(End of clause) Note: The TBP amount should be the price of phase-in and the Core Mission Services for the base period of the contract.

MSFC 52.216-90 IDIQ CONTRACT VALUE BY PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (MAY 2017)

The maximum potential not-to-exceed (NTE) value of this contract including Options, is $110,150,000*. This contract provides for performance of firm fixed price and/or time and material indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) task/delivery orders. The NTE value shall not be exceeded without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer. IDIQ Minimum obligation will be satisfied via the first incremental funding under the Base Period Core Mission Services. The IDIQ component of this contract shall also include service requests (SRs), which consist of work items that may be purchased using a pre-priced catalog of work items.

The values for each period of performance are set forth below:

FAR 52.217-8 -

Option to Extend Services – CLIN 0013**

Notes: * Unused IDIQ contract value may be rolled forward to any subsequent period, without change to the Maximum Potential NTE Value.

** In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, if this option is utilized by NASA, it may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance under this option shall not exceed six months. Minimum and Maximum Values for periods of less than six months will be prorated to reflect the reduced term, whereas the total potential value of this period will not exceed one-half of the prior option period's minimum and maximum ordering values.

(End of clause) MSFC 52.216-91 SUPPLIES AND/OR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AND TYPE OF CONTRACT (JUN 2017)

Note: If the Contractor furnishes unit priced items above 105 percent, the Government may require the Contractor to furnish additional quantities of such items under the IDIQ ordering clauses of the contract. Payment will be made in accordance with the IDIQ provisions of the contract, and the Contractor shall not be entitled to an adjustment under the Core Mission Services portion of the contract.

X.1208, Fire Damper PM

NOTES: * These items are tied to an operations requirement for well-defined categories of equipment and are used for tracking and reporting purposes only until the Price Threshold is exceeded.

** The acronyms used in the column titled “WO Type” are defined in the column titled “PWS ITEM NUMBER (PIN),” and further explained in Attachment J-1, “Performance Work Statement,” Section 2.0, “Definitions and Acronyms.”

(End of clause)

MSFC 52.216-92 MATRIX OF CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINS) (OCT 2017)

The current total contract value is as specified below. To separately track the components of the value, separate CLINs have been established as follows:

September 16, 2025, through October 31, 2025

November 01, 2025, through October 31, 2026

November 01, 2025, through October 31, 2026

November 01, 2026, through October 31, 2027

November 01, 2027, through October 31, 2028

November 01, 2027, through October 31, 2028

November 01, 2028, through October 31, 2029

November 01, 2028, through October 31, 2029

November 01, 2029, through October 31, 2030

November 01, 2029, through October 31, 2030

Notes:* Phase-In task order will be executed concurrent with contract effective date.

** In accordance with FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, if this option is utilized by NASA, it may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance under this option shall not exceed six months.

(End of clause)

MSFC 52.227-91 DATA REQUIREMENTS (JUNE 2017)

(End of Clause) MSFC 52.237-92 DEDUCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO MEET ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE LEVELS (JUN 2017)

B-2

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

MSFC 52.211-93 DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK (MAY 2019)

The Performance Work Statement (PWS) is located at Section J, Attachment J-1.

(End of clause)

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SECTION D – PACKAGING AND MARKING

Clauses incorporated by reference:

NASA FAR SUPPLEMENT (48 CFR CHAPTER 18) CLAUSES:

1852.211-70 PACKAGING, HANDLING, AND TRANSPORTATION (SEP 2005)

(End of by reference clauses)

1852.245-74 IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING OF GOVERNMENT EQUIPMENT (JAN 2011)

(1) Item Description.

(2) Unique Identification Number (License Tag).

(3) Unit Price.

(4) An explanation of the data used to make the unique identification number.

NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Attn: AS41/Cynthia Davis Industrial Property Officer Central Receiving – Building 4631 Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

(f) The contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in all subcontracts that require delivery of equipment.

(End of clause)

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SECTION E – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Clauses incorporated by reference:

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1):

52.246-15 CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMANCE (APR 1984)

52.246-16 RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUPPLIES (APR 1984)

(End of by reference clauses)

1852.246-71 GOVERNMENT CONTRACT QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONS (OCT 1988)

In accordance with the inspection clause of this contract, the Government intends to perform the following functions at the locations indicated:

1852.246-72 MATERIAL INSPECTION AND RECEIVING REPORT (APR 2015)

(End of clause)

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SECTION F – DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

Clauses incorporated by reference:

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1): 52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER (AUG 1989)

52.242-17 GOVERNMENT DELAY OF WORK (APR 1984)

52.247-34 F.O.B. DESTINATION (JAN 1991)

(End of by reference clauses)

MSFC 52.211-94 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (MAY 2017)

The period of performance for this contract is from September 16, 2025, through October 31, 2030.

(End of clause)

MSFC 52.237-91 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (JUL 2018)

The Contractor shall perform the work under this contract at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), and at such other locations as may be approved in writing by the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

F-2

SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

Clauses incorporated by reference:

NASA FAR SUPPLEMENT (48 CFR CHAPTER 18) CLAUSES:

1852.223-71 AUTHORIZATION FOR RADIO FREQUENCY USE (APR 2015)

1852.245-75 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CHANGES (JAN 2011)

1852.245-78 PHYSICAL INVENTORY OF CAPITAL PERSONAL PROPERTY (AUG 2015)

(End of by reference clauses)

52.245-2 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY INSTALLATION OPERATION SERVICES (APR 2012)

Is identified in Attachment J-6-C, “As Is Government-Furnished Property List.”

1852.232-80 SUBMISSION OF VOUCHERS/INVOICES FOR PAYMENT (APR 2018)

(End of clause)

1852.245-71 INSTALLATION-ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY (JUN 2018)

(a) The Government property described in paragraph (c) of this clause may be made available to the Contractor on a no-charge basis for use in performance of this contract. This property shall be utilized only within the physical confines of the NASA installation that provided the property unless authorized by the Contracting Officer under (b)(1)(iv). Under this clause, the Government retains accountability for, and title to, the property, and the Contractor shall comply with the following:

NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 4100.1, NASA Materials Inventory Management Manual.

NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 4200.1, NASA Equipment Management Procedural Requirements.

NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) 4300.1, NASA Personal Property Disposal Procedural Requirements.

Property not recorded in NASA property systems must be managed in accordance with the requirements of the clause at FAR 52.245-1, as incorporated in this contract.

The Contractor shall establish and adhere to a system of written procedures to assure continued, effective management control and compliance with these user responsibilities. In accordance with FAR 52.245-1(h)(1) the contractor shall be liable for property lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen by the contractor or their employees when determined responsible by a NASA Property Survey Board, in accordance with the NASA guidance in this clause.

(End of clause) 1852.245-73 FINANCIAL REPORTING OF NASA PROPERTY IN THE CUSTODY OF CONTRACTORS (JAN 2017)

AS41/Cynthia Davis, Industrial Property Officer, Central Receiving – Building 4631, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, unless the Contractor uses the NF 1018 Electronic Submission System (NESS) for report preparation and submission.