Final NSTEM Industry Day 11-16-2021 (1).pdf

National Aeronauticsand SpaceAdministration

NASA Office of STEM Engagement

NASA Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

(NSTEM) Service Contract

INDUSTRY DAY

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Welcome Karla Smith Jackson, Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for Procurement

OSTEM Overview Mike Kincaid, Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

Performance Work Statement (PWS) Overview Dean Kern, Deputy Director, GSFC Office of STEM Engagement

Acquisition Overview Shanjaril Black, Contractor Officer, NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

Adjourn

AGENDA

NASA Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (NSTEM) Service Contract

General Information

Disclaimer

The Government will not provide advice to potential offerors on what to propose or what will elicit a favorable evaluation. NASA will not indulge in hypothetical questions (e.g. “if we propose this, how would NASA rate it?”)

The Final RFP document, when posted to the SAM.gov site, is the official call for proposals, and the language therein dictates the terms of the procurement, regardless of what may have been posted previously and discussed prior.

General Information

The complete and final versions of all Industry Day materials will be posted on the SAM.gov site for all potential offerors. Attendance at the Industry Day is neither required nor a prerequisite for proposal submission and will not be considered in the evaluation.

All DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) information provided during Industry Day is based on the pre-solicitation synopsis 80NSSC22R0001 as posted to the SAM.gov site.

The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the internet at SAM.gov. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to monitor the internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Karla Smith Jackson, Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for Procurement

OSTEM Overview Mike Kincaid, Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

PWS Overview Dean Kern, Deputy Director, GSFC Office of STEM Engagement

Acquisition Overview Shanjaril Black, Contractor Officer, NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

Adjourn

Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for Procurement

OSTEM Overview Mike Kincaid, Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

PWS Overview Dean Kern, Deputy Director, GSFC Office of STEM Engagement

Acquisition Overview Shanjaril Black, Contractor Officer, NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

Adjourn

VISION

We immerse students in NASA’s work, enhance STEM literacy, and inspire the next generation to explore.

MISSION

We engage students in NASA’s mission

NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT

Create unique opportunities for a diverse set of students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery.

Build a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences with NASA’s people, content and facilities.

Attract diverse groups of students to STEM through learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to NASA’s mission and work.

Strategic Goals

NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT: HEADQUARTERS, CENTERS AND FACILITIES

STEM ENGAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE

ENABLING STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES & CONTRIBUTIONS

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Create unique opportunities for students to contribute to

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Build a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences.

Strengthen understanding by enabling powerful connections to NASA’s mission and work.

SCALABILITY TO MAGNIFY NASA’S REACH AND IMPACT

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STRATEGIC GOAL 1: Create unique opportunities for a diverse set of students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery.

STRATEGIC GOAL 2: Build a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences with NASA’s people, content and facilities.

STRATEGIC GOAL 3: Attract diverse groups of students to

STEM through learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to NASA’s mission and work.

OBJECTIVES:

1.1 Provide student work

experiences that enable students to contribute to NASA’s missions and programs, embedded with NASA’s STEM practitioners.

1.2 Create structured and widely-

accessible experiential learning opportunities for students to engage with NASA’s experts and help solve problems that are critical to NASA’s mission.

OBJECTIVES:

3.1 Attract a broad and diverse set of

students to STEM through targeted opportunities and readily available NASA STEM engagement resources and content.

3.2 Foster student exposure to

STEM careers through direct and virtual experiences with NASA’s people and work.

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OBJECTIVES:

2.1 Develop and deploy a continuum of

STEM experiences through authentic learning and research opportunities with NASA’s people and work to cultivate student interest, including students from unrepresented and underserved communities, in pursuing STEM careers and foster interest in aerospace fields.

2.2 Design the portfolio of NASA

STEM engagement opportunities to contribute toward meeting Agency workforce requirements and serving the nation’s aerospace and relevant STEM needs.

NASA STRATEGY FOR STEM ENGAGEMENT 2020-23

Emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion with focus on broadening participation

Presenter Presentation Notes Notable additions:

New Strategic Goal 3 focused on attracting students to STEM Increased emphasis on diversity and inclusion with focus on increasing and broadening participation Clear target beneficiary strategies aligned to achieve strategic objectives.

Cross-cutting strategies to drive scalability and accessibility and to capitalize on NASA’s STEM workers as role models.

Additional Design Principle focused on outcomes and metrics.

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EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND PLATFORMS

Focus: Access and scalability

• Suite of tools and platforms enabling student engagement and data collection NASA STEM Gateway (Phase 1 operational in early FY21) stem.nasa.gov intern.nasa.gov NASA STEM@Home

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION

Focus: Outcomes and metrics

• Learning agenda

• Targeted studies

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Focus: Scalability

• Comprehensive approach to foster and stimulate strategic partnerships

• New strategy began in FY 2020

INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Focus: Diversity and Inclusion

• Enterprise model in collaboration with mission directorates and centers

Next Generation STEM (Next Gen STEM) creates K- 12 and informal education STEM engagement initiatives aligned to NASA mission priorities.

Purpose: Attracts and retains student interest in STEM careers, building a vibrant next-generation workforce.

The Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) supports minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to enhance research, academic, and technology capabilities.

Purpose: Increases retention of underserved and underrepresented groups in STEM.

The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) funds partnerships with government, higher education, and industry in 28 eligible jurisdictions (25 states and three territories).

Purpose: Effects sustainable improvements in a state or region's research infrastructure, capacity, and competitiveness.

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A national network of colleges and universities with over 1,000 affiliate institutions and organizations located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Purpose: Expands opportunities for students to participate in NASA’s aeronautics and space projects.

OSTEM Beneficiaries span K-20, not only from programmatic perspective, but from a perspective of building pathways to broaden student participation

NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT

UNDERGRADUATEK-12 GRADUATE/PHD

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PROJECTS OVERVIEW

www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem

K-12 Initiatives Where? In school, after school, informal education institutions, and at home

What? An integrated portfolio of products, experiences, challenges, and competitive awards that spans educational levels and reduces barriers to entry

Next Gen STEM Reaching student where they are using NASA's Missions, content, people, and facilities

Presenter Presentation Notes Using evidence-based practices and the latest educational standard Incorporating continual feedback, evaluation and improvement Leveraging partnerships and networks for greatest reach Balancing broad reach/limited depth with limited reach/deep impact Something for each age group (K-5; 6-8; 9-12)

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MUREP

Using NASA’s content to build capacity and competitiveness of MSIs with a focus on student success.

Building MSI Capacity and Competitiveness

Engaging MSI Students for STEM Degree Attainment

• Develop and fostering MSI research capability in partnership with MDs

• Examples include:

• MIRO: 20 awards for enhanced research opportunities

• M-STAR: 15 Planning Grants in partnership with STMD to support Space Technology Opportunities.

• Provide underrepresented and underserved students access to NASA content, people and places specifically related to STEM-based research and educational opportunities

• Examples include:

• Competitions, challenges, internships and fellowships

• NCAS: Engages Community

College students in online course and unique hands-on NASA experiences.

Where is Space Grant?

Space Grant affiliates belong to one of 52 consortia in all 50 states, as well as the District of

Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico with over 1,000 affiliates across the Nation.

What does Space Grant do at the state level?

The 52 consortia fund student awards for those pursuing careers in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM), education, space law and other Space-related fields, as well as curriculum enhancement and faculty development. Member colleges and universities also administer hands-on activities opportunities, pre-college and public service education projects in their states.

What is Space Grant?

Space Grant is a national network of universities, colleges, industry, non-profit organizations, museums, science centers, and state and local agencies.

When was Space Grant Founded?

At Congressional direction, NASA initiated the National Space Grant College and

Fellowship Program in 1989.

SPACE GRANT

The Jurisdictions:

Those jurisdictions who have not participated equably in competitive aerospace and aerospace-related research activities, including 25 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam.

The Goal:

To provide seed funding that will enable jurisdictions to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research.

The Awards:

• Basic Research, Rapid

Response Research (R3)

• Research Infrastructure

Development (RID)

• Providing ISS and

Suborbital Flight Research Opportunities

EPSCoR

PROJECTS OVERVIEW

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CROSS-CUTTING: INTERNSHIPS PROGRAM

Learn more at intern.nasa.gov

Requirements:

• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale

• Be enrolled full-time in a degree-granting program at an accredited college or university

• At least 16 years of age

• Must be a U.S. citizen http://intern.nasa.gov/ stem.nasa.gov

CROSS-CUTTING: NASA MUSEUM AND INFORMAL EDUCATION (MIE) ALLIANCE

2,000+ Alliance members include staff and educators representing a wide range of organizations https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/

Presenter Presentation Notes Since this is a general reference (not to the solicitation), we use the terms “Full TEAM II Awards” and “Community Awards”

CROSS-CUTTING: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION STRATEGY

As a cross-cutting function of NASA’s STEM Engagement Enterprise, the Performance and Evaluation (P&E) Team executes a comprehensive performance assessment and evaluation strategy to generate and use evidence for continuous improvement of NASA STEM Engagement investments and to inform budgetary, programmatic an operational decision-making. This strategic approach includes three key components: performance activities, evaluation activities, and a learning agenda.

• Through our performance activities, we monitor program accomplishments, particularly progress toward our established performance goals.

• Through our evaluation activities, we examine how a particular program meets its objectives, typically executed through year-long studies.

• The learning agenda allows us to look systematically across performance and evaluation activities to identify gaps in knowledge and establish a research agenda that generates knowledge to fill these gaps.

Performance Assessment

Strategy

Learning Agenda

Evaluation Strategy

OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT VISUAL SNAPSHOT

Mike Kincaid Associate

Administrator

Kris Brown Deputy Associate

Administrator, Strategy & Integration

Elaine Ho Deputy Associate

Administrator, STEM Engagement

Program

Senior Leadership

Lesley Fletcher

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Robert Gabrys

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Kevin McGhaw Southeast Regional

Joeletta Patrick California Regional

Kelly Martin-Rivers

Southeast Deputy

Darlene Walker

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Dan Cherry

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David Seidel

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Kim Brush LaRC

Center STEM Engagement Directors

OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT VISUAL SNAPSHOT

Erica Alston Space Grant

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Jeppie Compton EPSCoR

Torry Johnson

MUREP

Carrie Olsen Next Gen STEM

Project Managers

Rajiv Doreswamy Space Grant

Mitch Krell EPSCoR

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Nylsevalis Ortiz Collazo

Resources Management

Officer

Lynnette Madison Internships

Carolyn Knowles Fellowships & International

Initiatives

Diane DeTroye Portfolio

Integration

Beverly Girten Informal Education

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Tammy Brandon Infrastructure, Tools & Platforms

Rob LaSalvia Strategic

Partnerships

Rick Gilmore Performance &

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Functional Managers

NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL

• NASA’s STEM Engagement Council is the agency’s governance body accountable for strategic direction, planning, operational integration and oversight, assessment, and stakeholder management of NASA’s comprehensive set of STEM engagement functions and activities.

• Chartered in April 2018 and meets monthly

• Membership:

• Office of STEM Engagement

• NASA Field Centers

• Mission Directorates

• Office of Communications

• Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

• Extended members from NASA functional offices including, Office of Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, others

Higher Education Students

Research and Development Collaborators

In Fiscal Year 2020, NASA provided 6,410 internships, fellowships, scholarships, and other sustained engagement opportunities (e.g., engineering design challenges, student competitions) to 5,992 higher education students across all institutional categories and levels. These significant awards provided a total of over $38M in direct financial support to higher education students.

29.8% of participants in these opportunities were racially or ethnically underrepresented students, exceeding the national average of 26.2% for underrepresented students enrolled in STEM degree programs.

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement collaborators are funded and unfunded and located in all 50 states, DC, GU, PR, and VI. Collaborators include: government agencies, industry, formal and informal education institutions including museums, science centers, planetariums, and youth-serving organizations, non-profit, and other education organizations.

Collaborators extend the reach of NASA STEM engagement opportunities by supporting the execution of an opportunity. In FY 2020 OSTEM collaborated with 1,672 institutions and organizations.

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Additionally, 41.6% of the Agency’s higher education internships and fellowship positions were filled by women.

Underrepresented Race or Ethnicity

29.8% presentations directly resulting from research funded by NASA STEM Engagement grants and awards to higher education institutions.

Space Grant, MUREP, and EPSCoR grantee and awardee institutions reported 1,831 peer-reviewed publications and technical papers and presentations in FY 2020.

Notably, 40% percent of the peer-reviewed publications were authored or coauthored by students.

Additionally, 79 patents were awarded to higher education institutions as a direct result of their NASA STEM Engagement grants or cooperative agreements.

NASA’s performance in providing opportunities for learners to contribute to NASA’s aeronautics, space, and science missions and work is assessed across peer-reviewed publications and technical paper

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STEM ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2020

Presenter Presentation Notes Increase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM and provide all Americans with lifelong access to high-quality STEM education, especially those historically underserved and underrepresented in STEM fields and employment. The full benefits of the Nation’s STEM enterprise will not be realized until this goal is achieved.

Performance Goal 3.3.3: Provide opportunities for students, especially those underrepresented in STEM fields, to engage with NASA’s aeronautics, space, and science people, content, and facilities in support of a diverse future NASA and aerospace industry workforce.

Success Criteria: Meet or exceed the national average in two of the four categories of student diversity for NASA STEM enrollees in internships, fellowships, or other student engagement opportunities.

Federal Strategy for STEM Education 2018 NASA Strategic Plan NASA Strategy for STEM Engagement

FEDERAL, NASA AND STEM ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS AND

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY (DEIA) ELEMENTS

Performance Goal 3.3.3: Provide opportunities for students, especially those underrepresented in STEM fields, to engage with NASA’s aeronautics, space, and science people, content, and facilities in support of a diverse future NASA and aerospace industry workforce.

Success Criteria: Meet or exceed the national average in two of the four categories of student diversity for NASA STEM enrollees in internships, fellowships, or other student engagement opportunities.

Presenter Presentation Notes Increase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM and provide all Americans with lifelong access to high-quality STEM education, especially those historically underserved and underrepresented in STEM fields and employment. The full benefits of the Nation’s STEM enterprise will not be realized until this goal is achieved.

Performance Goal 3.3.3: Provide opportunities for students, especially those underrepresented in STEM fields, to engage with NASA’s aeronautics, space, and science people, content, and facilities in support of a diverse future NASA and aerospace industry workforce.

Success Criteria: Meet or exceed the national average in two of the four categories of student diversity for NASA STEM enrollees in internships, fellowships, or other student engagement opportunities.

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/STEM-Education-Strategic-Plan-2018.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_2018_strategic_plan.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa-strategy-for-stem-2020-23-508.pdf

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Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for Procurement

OSTEM Overview Mike Kincaid, Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

PWS Overview Dean Kern, Deputy Director, GSFC Office of STEM Engagement

Acquisition Overview Shanjaril Black, Contractor Officer, NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

Adjourn

NASA SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (NSTEM) SERVICES CONTRACT

Introduction

NASA makes valuable contributions to the Federal sector’s goals for STEM education by providing mission-driven opportunities that attract students to STEM and help build a vibrant and diverse next generation STEM workforce. NASA’s goals for contributing to the next generation STEM workforce are to:

• Create unique opportunities for a diverse set of students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery.

• Build a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences with NASA’s people, content and facilities.

• Attract diverse groups of students to STEM through learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to NASA’s mission and work.

NSTEM Scope

To successfully execute NASA’s vision and mission to immerse students, especially those underrepresented and underserved, in NASA’s work, enhance STEM literacy, and inspire the next generation to explore, the contractor will lead the development, execution or support for NASA internships and fellowships; career and workforce training experiences; challenges and competitions; K-12 and college STEM experiences; faculty and educator support; institutional capacity building; and development of STEM content and materials for the OSTEM, the NASA Mission Directorates, and the NASA Centers and facilities.

The contractor shall ensure continuous integration and optimization of business processes, practices, and strategies across the OSTEM portfolio of work.

LEVERAGING A NEW ENTERPRISE OPERATING MODEL

To align with the Agency’s evolving and dynamic needs and to establish a long-term vision for creating a more modern, more responsive Government – one that prioritizes mission outcomes, service delivery, and effective stewardship, NASA is shifting its operating model to buy more like an enterprise, and less like individual NASA Centers to meet core mission goals.

A NASA enterprise procurement delivery model is defined as an Agencywide acquisition strategy that will encompass the requirements at each Center and combine resources into one acquisition to serve all Centers and move away from sustaining the full array of acquisition activities at every location.

OSTEM Enterprise Business Model

• A cohesive contract, serving the Agency more effectively as a single-award IDIQ contract;

• Thorough and consistent communication and business practices with one contract vehicle, following one contract strategy rather than multiple strategies;

• Optimizing STEM interdependencies, creating resource efficiencies and reducing redundancies and excess overhead between multiple contract vehicles and cooperative agreements;

• A streamlined Enterprise contract, resulting in significant cost savings for the Government.

OSTEM Enterprise Business Model

Consolidating people, services and products from across 11 contracts, 3 cooperative agreements and a variety of independent tasks on center level contracts.

CONTRACTS:

• 80GRC019D0001

• 80GSFC19C0010

• NNA14AB82C

• 80GRC018F0196

• NNG15HQ01C

• 80KSC017D0003

• 80LARC18C0002

• 80LARC17C0004

• NNM15AA01C

• NNM14AA15C

• NNS15AA01C

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS:

• NNX13AJ37A-AJ48A (Twelve separate agreements)

• 80NSSC17M0021- M0024 (Four separate agreements)

• 80NSSC19M0184

Acquisition Requirements

The Performance Work Statement (PWS) contains Core Requirements (CLIN I) and Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) (CLIN II) functional requirements that describe the work to be performed by the contractor in terms of NASA-required outcomes and/or results

The Core Requirements defines requirements for baseline services to support the Agency and Center programs, projects and activities administered by OSTEM. Core requirements are:

• NASA Internships and Fellowships

• Awards and Grants Support

• NASA STEM Content and Products

• NASA STEM Engagement Recruitment

• Contract Management and Administration

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity task orders will be issued when OSTEM cannot determine, above a specified minimum, the precise quantities of supplies or services required during the contract period. This work includes, but is not limited to:

• NASA Internships and Fellowships Support

• NASA Workforce and Career Learning Experiences

• NASA K-12 STEM Engagement

• NASA K-16 Educator Professional Development

• NASA K-12 and Collegiate Challenges and Competitions

• NASA Institutional Support for Research and Development

• Performance Assessments and Evaluations.

Core Requirements (CLIN I) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) (CLIN II)

Core Requirements (CLIN I)

• NASA Internships and Fellowship: Administer a semester and year-round internship and fellowship program to engage national and international students, educators, and faculty, with a special emphasis on outreach to those from underrepresented and underserved groups, in authentic NASA learning opportunities.

• Awards and Grant Support: Provide award and grant management, support and coordination for project managers, technical officers in accordance with NASA Shared Services (NSSC) requirements.

• NASA STEM Content and Products: Provide resources and expertise for creating, designing, developing, and publishing STEM content and products aligned with NASA’s missions, national learning standards, research-based pedagogy, instructional design and learning theory.

• NASA STEM Engagement Recruitment: Develop and implement strategies to inform, engage, promote and recruit a diverse pool of applicants, with a focus on underrepresented and underserved, for NASA Office of STEM Engagement activities

Core Requirements (CLIN I)

Contract Management and Administration

• Enterprise management and administrative functions to satisfy the requirements of this Contract

• Safety and Occupational Health Plan to ensure the safety and occupational health of Contractor and sub-Contractor employees and to ensure safe working conditions.

• Enterprise financial reporting processes, fiscally responsible, cost effective, innovative, and efficient.

• Enterprise procurement and accounting processes for both internal and external funding sources.

• Management and technical integration across STEM activities, products and services

• Quality management and control

• Qualified, trained, flexible enterprise staffing solutions

Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) (CLIN II)

• NASA Internships and Fellowship Support: Provide specific programmatic and administrative support in addition to baseline services focusing on special projects, customer, content, products, and/or outreach to engage national and international students, educators, and faculty, with a special emphasis on outreach to those from underrepresented and underserved groups, in authentic NASA learning opportunities.

• NASA Workforce and Career Learning Experiences: Design and administer authentic learning experiences for students, educators and faculty to gain real-world NASA STEM experience, professional development and career enhancement.

• NASA K-12 STEM Engagement: Design, implement, or support a variety of K-12 and college STEM experiences encompassing formal and informal learning environments, after-school and summer programs, youth serving organizations, science centers, and museums to provide NASA unique STEM learning opportunities for students.

• NASA K-16 Educator Professional Development (EPD): Design, implement, or support strategies, methodologies, and technologies that promote pre-service, in-service, informal educators and higher education faculty use of NASA-related content in their instructional environments m

Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) (CLIN II) con’t

• NASA K-12 and Collegiate Challenges and Competitions: Provide and coordinate resources, expertise, and tools necessary to implement NASA K-12 and collegiate level competitions and challenges aligned with NASA technical disciplines.

• NASA Institutional Support for Research and Development Opportunities: Provide resources and expertise to support and strengthen NASA’s collaborations and partnerships with higher education institutions through sustained investments in research and technology development critical to NASA’s future and America’s technological and economic competitiveness.

• Performance Assessment and Evaluation Services: Execute data collections, performance monitoring and evaluation services for the OSTEM enterprise and Mission Directorates utilizing government collections and systems

Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for Procurement

OSTEM Overview Mike Kincaid, Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

PWS Overview Dean Kern, Deputy Director, GSFC Office of STEM Engagement

Acquisition Overview Shanjaril Black, Contractor Officer, NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

Adjourn

Notice Regarding Changes

Information in the DRAFT RFP is preliminary and revisions will take place with the release of the final RFP

Contract Summary (NSTEM)

• 100% Small Business set-aside

• NAICS Code 611710; Educational Support Services

• Small Business Size Std: $16.5M

• Single Award, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), with a

FFP Completion Basis or Level-of-Effort (LOE)

• Minimum IDIQ value $10,000

• Maximum IDIQ Potential Value $165M (for base and all options)

• Base Year includes 45 days Phase-In and 4 Option Years/ 6-month Option to Extend

Services

• Check www.sam.gov for RFP and all Amendments http://www.sam.gov/

Period of Performance

• Period of Performance of five years ( base + four 1-year options)

• Possibility for Option to Extend Services

Contract Term Length Period of Performance

Phase-In/Base One Year 10/12/2022 to 10/11/2023

Option One One Year 10/12/2023 to 10/11/2024

Option Two One Year 10/12/2024 to 10/11/2025

Option Three One Year 10/12/2025 to 10/11/2026

Option Four One Year 10/12/2026 to 10/11/2027

Option to Extend Services 6 months 10/12/2027 to 04/11/2028

Places of Performance

Services will be provided to the following NASA locations:

• Ames Research Center (ARC)

• Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC)

• Glenn Research Center (GRC)

• Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

• Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters (HQ)

• Johnson Space Center (JSC)

• NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight (NOJMO)

• Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

• Langley Research Center (LaRC)

• Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

• NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

• Stennis Space Center (SSC) and

• All campuses, facilities and satellite offices

Schedule Milestones

Activity Dates

Issue Draft RFP 11/05/2021

Industry Day 11/16/2021

Questions and Comments Deadline 11/22/2021

Issue Final RFP (Tentative) 12/14/2021

Due Date for Past Performance Volume (Tentative) 1/19/2022

Due Date for Proposals (Tentative) 1/28/2022

Contract Award NLT 09/19/2022

Phase-In Period 10/12/2022 – 11/28/2022

Contract Start Date 10/12/2022

RFP Highlights

•Section I, Model Contract

•Section II, Representations and Certifications

•Section III, Instructions to Offerors

•Section IV, Evaluation Criteria

•Black Out Period

Section I and II, Model Contract/ Representations and Certifications

• Cover Letter

• Signed and dated SF1449

Acknowledge any and all Amendments

• Proposal validity (240 days)

• Electronic files

• Volumes I, II, III, IV (one file for each Volume)

• Financial Capability

• Representations & Certifications

• Notice of Exceptions

• Notice of Potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest

Section III, Instructions to Offerors

• Communications regarding this solicitation should be directed to Shanjaril.l.black@nasa.gov

• Electronic proposal submitted via https://nasagov.app.box.com/f/c777ddc0412f4c9785ced7eb2bfc468a

• Page Limitation Per Volume

• Times New Roman,12-point font is the standard font

• Past Performance Volume (tentative) due January 19, 2022

• Proposals tentative due January 28, 2022 mailto:Shanjaril.l.black@nasa.gov https://nasagov.app.box.com/f/c777ddc0412f4c9785ced7eb2bfc468a

SEB TEAM

Source Selection Authority

• Michael Kincaid, Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement, HQ

SEB Board Members (Voting)

• Dean Kern, Deputy Director, Office of STEM Engagement, GSFC

• Priscilla Mobley, Education Program Specialist, GRC

• John Weis, Education Program Specialist, MSFC

• Becky Kamas, Education Program Specialist, JSC

SEB Board Members (Non-Voting)

• Shanjaril Black, Contracting Officer, NSSC (Non-Voting Member)

Section IV, Evaluation Criteria

• Evaluation Factors are:

Mission Suitability Past Performance Price

• Mission Suitability, when combined with Past Performance, is significantly more important than Price (Past Performance will be rated on an “acceptable”or“unacceptable” basis. A proposal that receives an unacceptable Past Performance rating will be ineligible for award).

Management Approach – 400 pts Technical Approach – 300 pts Staffing Approach – 200 pts Phase-In – 100 pts

Section IV, Evaluation Criteria

• Note: NASA strongly encourages small business concerns to propose participation with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Such participation will enable NASA to further the intent of the President’s E.O. 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. MSI or HBCU participation will be evaluated more favorably.

• The Evaluation preference for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) participation will be further defined in the Final RFP.

Blackout Period

• Upon release of the Final RFP, the NSSC Chief, Procurement Services will issue a “blackout notice” directing all NASA personnel associated with the acquisition to refrain from communicating with prospective offerors and to refer all inquiries to the contracting officer.

• The blackout notice will be widely distributed throughout the Agency, the Centers and Headquarters, as appropriate.

• Blackout notices are not intended to terminate all communication with offerors. The contracting officer may continue to provide information to the offerors as long as it does not create an unfair competitive advantage or reveal proprietary data.

Conclusion

• Written comments and questions associated with Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) and Industry Day shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer no later than November 22, 2021, email address: Shanjaril.l.black@nasa.gov

• Be sure to monitor the website for additional reference material and documents at https://www.sam.gov

• Industry Briefing charts, questions/answers and a listing of Industry Day attendees will also be posted on the website at https://www.sam.gov mailto:Shanjaril.l.black@nasa.gov https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/

Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for Procurement

OSTEM Overview Mike Kincaid, Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

PWS Overview Dean Kern, Deputy Director, GSFC Office of STEM Engagement

Contract and RFP Overview Shanjaril Black, Contractor Officer, NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

Adjourn