Attachment 1 Blackout Notice.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Langley Research Center 100 NASA Road Hampton, VA 23681-2199

March 28, 2025

Reply to Attn of: MS 12

TO: NASA Civil Servants

FROM: Office of Procurement and Office of Safety & Mission Assurance

SUBJECT: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Blackout Notice for

Solicitation Number 80LARC25R7001 entitled Joint Safety and Health Institutional Facilities Team (JSHIFT)

Solicitation Number 80LARC25R7001 for JSHIFT is being released to industry. The resulting contract will acquire services in two broad technical areas including Institutional Occupational Safety and Occupational Health and related services for the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Langley Research Center (LaRC) and other NASA Centers as necessary. The solicitation is located at the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) (https://SAM.gov) and can be found by entering the solicitation number into the “keywords” field.

Effective immediately, all NASA personnel will cease communications with industry concerning this acquisition. This ‘blackout’ period of communication with industry will continue through the receipt and evaluation of proposals, the award of the contract, and the release of the evaluation board from its responsibilities.

NASA personnel shall refer anyone seeking information regarding this acquisition to the designated Contracting Officer Lisa Harvey, larc-jshift@mail.nasa.gov, 757-864-2444 at Langley Research Center (LaRC), or the designated Contract Specialist Stacey Walker, larc-jshift@mail.nasa.gov, 757-864-4494 at LaRC. Improper communication could jeopardize the integrity or successful completion of the JSHIFT acquisition. Therefore, compliance with the above will ensure the dissemination of uniform responses to all inquiries and eliminate the possibility of preferential treatment of any prospective offeror. This blackout notice is not intended to terminate all communication with offerors. The designated Contracting Officer should continue to provide information as long as it does not create an unfair competitive advantage or reveal proprietary data.

NASA personnel who may be responsible for the administration of existing contracts or agreements that may be related to the JSHIFT acquisition shall, at all times, be fully aware of the mailto:larc-jshift@mail.nasa.gov mailto:larc-jshift@mail.nasa.gov mailto:larc-jshift@mail.nasa.gov extremely sensitive nature of this acquisition and maintain compliance with the blackout notice.

Existing contracts include 80LARC20D0005, Facility Assurance, Inspection, Monitoring and Occupational Safety II and 80JSC020D0006, Center Safety & Fire Operations II. While it is recognized that some NASA personnel have a need to communicate with prospective offerors relative to the conduct of current ongoing contract work, any communication is limited solely to existing contracts or agreements and shall not be expanded into matters relating to the JSHIFT acquisition. Under no circumstances shall JSHIFT be discussed. It is important that all NASA personnel adhere to this notice to ensure that all offerors are treated fairly and impartially.

Todd Pospisil Director of Procurement