Cover Letter _ AOS Radar instrument Phase A Study RFP.pdf

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC23R0017, for Atmosphere

Observing System - Polar (AOS-P) Radar Instrument Phase A Study (AOS Radar Instrument Phase A Study)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) AOS Radar Phase A Study solicitation. The principal purpose of this new procurement is to provide insight into potential instrument concepts that will support AOS-P mission implementation, with particular attention to performance capability, developmental maturity, and developmental risk of the AOS Radar Instrument.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

This competitive acquisition may result in up to two Firm-Fixed Price contracts with a Not to Exceed (NTE) value of $2,500,000 each. The contract will have a period of performance of 18 months. Final Instrument Concept Report is due 7 months after contract award with the Risk Mitigation Report and Technology Development Report due 18 months after contract award.

The anticipated contract award date is August 2023 with a August 7, 2023, contract effective date.

The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

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

SSA

Sridhar Manthripragada, Code 420

Voting Members Jeffrey Piepmeier, Code 550 Matthew Walker McLinden, Code 555 Scott Braun, Code 612

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 the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy required all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). While the RFP’s Price Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the Offeror’s Price Volume proposal shall include completed Price Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas.

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 3:00 PM EST Friday, June 23, 2023. 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 Pavi Tumbapura, Contract Specialist, at pavithra.s.tumbapura@nasa.gov and Craig Keish, Contracting Officer, at craig.f.keish@nasa.gov on or before 3:00 PM EST Friday June 2, 2023. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Shana Faris Contracting Officer