Final Request for Proposal (RFP) Cover Letter_19Jul2023.pdf

NASA/AFRC appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft RFP. These comments resulted in improvements to the quality and content of the overall RFP. Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version.

Be advised, in accordance with provision “Proposal Content, Volume II: Past Performance”, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

Industry Day (Virtual): August , 2023 (Time and registration link will be posted to www.SAM.gov at a later date).

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

SSA

Laurie Grindle, (AFRC-100) Voting Members Danielle McCulloch, (AFRC-300) Renz Urlanda, (AFRC–210) Ryan P. Dibley, (AFRC–510) Paul De Leon, (ARC-RS) Chad Frost, (ARC–R)

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 PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL SERVICES, 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). 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.

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 https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp- Advocate-Listing.pdf.

This RFP does not commit NASA AFRC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA AFRC 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 12:00 p.m.

PT on August 28, 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 Contract Specialist listed below.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Melissa Newell, Contract Specialist, at melissa.newell@nasa.gov on or before 12:00 p.m. PT on August 7, 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.

Angela Stinchfield Contracting Officer

ANGELA

STINCHFIELD

Digitally signed by ANGELA

STINCHFIELD

Date: 2023.07.18 15:59:45 -07'00'