80TECH24R0001 Final RFP Cover Letter.pdf

LP013-S-24-004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001

May 23, 2024

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80TECH24R0001, for

6th Generation of Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurements Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (SEWP VI GWAC)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Information Technology Procurement Office’s (ITPO) 6th Generation of Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurements Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (SEWP VI GWAC) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide the federal government with an all-encompassing one-stop acquisition vehicle for Information Technology Product and Service Solutions.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Government-Wide Acquisition Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract with the ability to issue Firm Fixed Price, Time and Material, Labor Hour, Fixed Price Award Fee, Fixed Price Incentive Fee, and Fixed Price Economic Price Adjustment task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 10 years from the contract's effective date. For administrative purposes only, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for Category B and C is 541512- Computer Systems Design Services and for Category A is 541519e- IT Value Added Reseller. However, Offerors are not restricted to only NAICS Code 541512 and 541519e. A list of authorized NAICS Codes is found under Article A.1.34 NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

(NAICS) & NAICS CODES WITHIN SCOPE.

The anticipated contract award date is October 2024, with a May 1, 2025, contract effective date.

Place of performance will be determined at the order level.

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 III and IV take precedence:

1. NASA ITPO 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.

2. Be advised, in accordance with provision A.3.7.2.(b), Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

3. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA ITPO/ Headquarter organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Andrea Ross, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Marvin Horne, HQ-LP010

Voting Members

Joanne Woytek, GSFC-LP013 George Nicol, GSFC-LP013

Theresa Kinney, GSFC- LP013

4. 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.

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). The Offeror’s proposal shall include completed exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas.

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 and www.sewp.nasa.gov/SEWPVI . 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 http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub library/Omb.html.

This RFP does not commit NASA ITPO to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA ITPO to procure or contract for these services. This request is not an http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.sewp.nasa.gov/SEWPVI http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html 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 the date in Box 8 of the SF 1449.

Proposals for this solicitation are required to be submitted through NASA’s SEWP VI RFP Website. Potential offerors are encouraged to review the solicitation instruction entitled “Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s SEWP VI RFP Website” which provides instructions related to the submission of proposals. 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 SEWP VI RFP Website.

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 Andrea Ross, Contracting Officer, using the SEWP VI RFP Application (https://www.sewp.nasa.gov/sewpvi/) on or before June 7, 2024, 5pm 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.

Andrea Ross Contracting Officer https://www.sewp.nasa.gov/sewpvi/