80SSC023R0001 RFP Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

John C. Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

August 11, 2023

Reply to Attn of: DA10

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80SSC023R0001, for John C.

Stennis Space Center Gaseous Nitrogen Generation Solution (GNGS)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John C. Stennis Space Center's Gaseous Nitrogen Generation Solution (GNGS) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide gaseous nitrogen to include all resources (except as expressly stated in the contract as furnished by the Government) necessary to support SSC's needs.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 325120 and the small business size standard is 1,200 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in an indefinite delivery requirements contract with a fixed price delivery order. The contract will have a total potential period of performance of 12 years (with 2-years for construction/activation and 10-years for production).

The anticipated contract award and effective date are December 15, 2023. The contract will be performed onsite at NASA SSC.

NASA SSC 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.

Please see Attachment 9 for these changes but note that this attachment is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements. Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

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.

The Offeror's Price Volume proposal shall include the completed Price Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas.

Melissa Wagner Contracting Officer

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.

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/ regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf

This RFP does not commit NASA SSC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA SSC 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 September 15, 2023, 3:00 pm Central Time. 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" 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 Melissa Wagner, Contracting Officer, at melissa.r.wagner@nasa.gov on or before August 21, 2023, 3:00 pm Central 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.

Melissa Wagner Digitally signed by Melissa Wagner Date: 2023.08.07 10:29:00 -05'00'