Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

December 20, 2024

Reply to Attn of: OP-OS

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80KSC024R0010 for NASA Agency-wide supply of Gaseous and Liquid Helium

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Agency-wide supply of Gaseous and Liquid Helium solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide Gaseous and Liquid Helium.

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(s) with Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) task orders. The contract will have a total potential period of performance of 5 years, consisting of a 2-year base period and 3 one-year option periods as follows:

The ordering periods are as follows:

Base Period: October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027 Option Period 1: October 1, 2027 through September 30, 2028 Option Period 2: October 1, 2028 through September 30, 2029 Option Period 3: October 1, 2029 through September 30, 2030

The anticipated contract award date is August 1, 2025, with an October 1, 2025 contract effective date. These contract(s) will be performed at the following locations: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) locations (Palestine, TX, Ft Sumner, NM, Port Hueneme, CA, and Burns, OR); Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Glenn Research Center - Lewis Field (GRC-LF): GRC Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (GRC-ATF); Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Johnson Space Center (JSC); KSC and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS); Langley Research Center (LaRC); Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC);

Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF); Stennis Space Center (SSC); and White Sands Test Facility (WSTF).

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 section 6 take precedence:

1. The Government will make available Government Furnished Property (GFP) as described in the RFP.

2. NASA KSC appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft

RFP. Offerors should review the RFP in its entirety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version. The document titled “Summary of Significant Changes from the Draft RFP” identifies some areas where significant changes or clarifications have been made from the Draft RFP to this final RFP that may not have been addressed in the Draft RFP questions and responses.

This document is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements.

Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

3. 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 exchanges with offerors.

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.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 is Edwin Martinez who can be reached by email at Edwin.Martinez-1@nasa.gov or by telephone at 321-867-1699.

This RFP does not commit NASA KSC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA KSC 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 February 3, 2025.

In accordance with NFS 1815.201(f), a “Blackout Notice” will be 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 Victoria Hargrave, Contracting Officer, at ksc-helium-info@mail.nasa.gov on or before January 9, 2025. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

Thank you for your interest in this acquisition. We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Victoria Hargrave Contracting Officer

Attachment: Summary of Significant Changes from the Draft RFP