A. RFP Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

Reply to Attn of: 210.Y September 10, 2021

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R0039, for the

Mars Sample Return (MSR) Capture, Containment and Return (CCRS) Earth Entry System (EES) Spin Eject Mechanism (SEM)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide all hardware, materials, facilities, services, labor, equipment, analyses and management activities necessary for the preliminary design, final design, fabrication, integration and testing, delivery and post-delivery support of the Spin Eject Mechanism. The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336414 and the small business size standard is 1,250 employees.

This competitive procurement will result in a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion contract. The delivery period of this contract shall be the effective date of the contract through 27 months. The anticipated contract award date is no later than March 2022. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.215- 1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, in particular paragraph (f)(4) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by both the Government and Government Contractors, it is Goddard Center policy that all procurement-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Offerors shall be aware that while our procurement-related documents included in the RFP are in PDF format; the Offeror’s Price Volume proposal submitted in response to this RFP shall be in the Microsoft Office Excel format.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.beta.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 http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.

This RFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC 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 Tuesday, October 12, 2021 by 3:00 pm ET. Proposals shall be submitted electronically via NASA’s Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Box (EFSS Box) in accordance with Provision L.9.

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 Malika Graham, Contracting Officer, at malika.graham@nasa.gov on or before September 24, 2021.

Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Malika Graham Contracting Officer

Enclosures:

1. SF-33 and RFP 80GSFC21R0039 http://www.beta.sam.gov/ http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html mailto:malika.graham@nasa.gov