Cover Letter RFQ 80GSFC23Q0001.pdf

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Quote (RFQ), Solicitation No. 80GSFC23Q0001, for the Atmosphere

Observing System-Inclined (AOS-I) Atmospheric Lidar Instrument for Clouds and Aerosol Transport (ALICAT) Receiver Telescope

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Atmosphere Observing System-Inclined (AOS-I) Atmospheric Lidar Instrument for Clouds and Aerosol Transport (ALICAT) Receiver Telescope solicitation. The requirement includes the design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of two beryllium Ritchey–Chrétien telescopes for use on the ALICAT instrument.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size standard is 1,250 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The contract will have a 37-month period of performance.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice, which includes attachments, enclosures, and exhibits. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and quotes are being requested. The solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and additional information is provided in Enclosure 1. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services is not applicable and the evaluation criteria is stated in Enclosure 1. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with its offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and an addendum with additional terms and conditions is provided as part of Enclosure 1. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and the applicable clauses are marked with a “x” in Enclosure 1. This is not a Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rated order.

Notice is hereby provided that access to the specification will be limited to offerors certified by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Joint Certification Program (JCP). Specifications and Drawings have an Export Determination of EAR 99 and are considered controlled documents.

Therefore, download of documents will not be permitted until requesters have been cleared through DLA JCP. All contractors interested in receiving drawings and specifications for this project will have to ensure they have been screened by the DLA JCP by completing a DD Form 2345. To complete the DD Form 2345, go to the website at:

https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/SpecificDD2345Instructions.asp. If https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.212-2#FAR_52_212_2 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.212-3#FAR_52_212_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.212-4#FAR_52_212_4 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.212-5#FAR_52_212_5 https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/SpecificDD2345Instructions.asp a contractor has been previously screened by DLA, they can verify if their status is still active by utilizing their CAGE code at: https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx

Requesting copies of export controlled documents for accessing the full solicitation shall be handled through SAM.gov. Please submit your CAGE code and confirmation of processed DD Form 2345 with your request for access to the controlled documents.

Notice is hereby provided that access to the drawings and specifications will be limited to offerors certified by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Joint Certification Program (JCP).

The anticipated contract award date is January 23, 2023, with a January 27, 2023 contract effective date. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

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.

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).

Please note, offeror’s are required to complete Exhibit 2 Technical Compliance Matrix. This represents the minimum requirements Offeror’s shall be able to perform in order to be considered for contract award. A quote is deemed technically acceptable if an offeror can meet all the requirements provided in the compliance matrix. The Government will award a contract resulting from this Request for Quotation to the responsible Offeror whose quote is the lowest price and technically acceptable.

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. 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.

https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than December 23, 2022 at 3:00PM Eastern DST. 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 Jonathon D.

Wingerberg, Contracting Officer, at Jonathon.D.Wingerberg@nasa.gov on or before December 16, 2022. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Jonathon D. Wingerberg Contracting Officer

Enclosure:

1 – RFQ 80GSFC23Q0001

2 – Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan – Informational Purposes Only

Attachments to Enclosure 1:

A – ALICAT-OPT-SOW

B – ALICAT-OPT-SPEC (provided directly to offerors after they have been cleared by the CO through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Joint Certification Program (JCP)).

C – IT Security Applicable Documents List D – IT Security Management Plan Template

Exhibit:

1 – ALICAT FFP Pricing Exhibit 2 – ALICAT Technical Compliance Matrix mailto:Jonathon.D.Wingerberg@nasa.gov