Final Request for Proposal (RFP) Cover Letter Signed.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

April 29, 2022

Reply to Attn of: 175

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R0046, for

Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) III

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Omnibus Multidiscipline

Engineering Services (OMES) III solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide support to the NASA/GSFC Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD). ETD is an end-to-end science mission operation that is instrumental in designing missions, building satellites and instruments, operating and controlling spacecraft, and acquiring and distributing data to the world-wide science community. ETD is responsible for providing multidiscipline engineering expertise to all projects within GSFC, in addition to in-house and out-of-house instrument and spacecraft programs, including the Joint Polar Satellite System

(JPSS) program and NASA’s Exploration and In-space Services (NExIS) projects division.

The purpose of the OMES III contract is to provide multidiscipline engineering support services and related work to JPSS, NExIS, ETD engineering divisions (Mechanical Systems, Instrument Systems and Technology, Electrical, Software, and Mission Engineering and

Systems Analysis), and related organizations, as required, for the study, design, systems engineering, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, and operations of space flight, airborne, and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions. The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 Research and

Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and

Biotechnology) and the small business size standard is 1000 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF) Indefinite Delivery

Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirement with the ability to issue CPFF task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years from the contract effective date.

The anticipated contract award date is April 14, 2023, with a June 13, 2023 contract effective date. The contract will be performed onsite at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

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 sections

L and M take precedence:

1. A 60-day Phase-in period will be conducted. A Phase-in period will be conducted under a separate contract or purchase order during the 60-day period prior to the effective date of the contract.

2. The Government will make available existing Installation-Accountable Government

Property (IAGP) for onsite contract performance and Government Furnished Property

(GFP) for offsite use at the Contractor’s facility as described in the RFP.

3. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to clause H.8 1852.209-71 Limitation of Future Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting.

Offerors should also refer to clause L.25 GSFC 52.209-301 Notice of Potential

Organizational Conflicts of Interest for OCI plan instructions. The attention of prospective Offerors is invited to FAR Subpart 9.5 --Organizational Conflicts of

Interest. The Contracting Officer (CO) shall not award a contract until NASA determines any OCI is reasonably resolved. The proposed OCI Plan shall be consistent with all other areas of the proposal. Material inconsistencies between the

OCI Plan and other proposal areas may render the proposal invalid, resulting in an unacceptable proposal that is ineligible for award.

4. Please note a Top Secret facilities clearance is required for this acquisition in accordance with the DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification.

Offerors shall have an established Top Secret facilities clearance at the time of proposal submittal for performance of this contract and this clearance shall be maintained throughout the life of the contract. For proposals submitted as Joint

Ventures, the facility clearance must be granted in the name of the Joint Venture.

5. NASA GSFC 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 review the RFP in its entirety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version. The following list 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;

• L.27 (b)(1) Past Performance Volume IV (a) Information from Offeror Page

Limitations increased from 20 pages to 25.

• Enclosure CC - Gov Pricing Model GPM revised to add Intern Labor categories and remove labor categories associated position descriptions that do not apply to OMES III.

• Enclosure BB - RTOs minor clarification revision.

• Enclosure DD - CONTRACT HISTORICAL DATA DIRECT LABOR INCUMBENT RATES posted to SAM.gov on March 22, 2022.

• Per L.30 (a), A subcontractor is now deemed significant if the cumulative subcontractor percentage of work meets or exceeds 25% of the total GPM estimated value.

• Per L.31 (d) B.9, Offerors may propose equivalencies to meet the Position Qualifications requirements.

This list is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements. Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

6. Be advised, in accordance with provision L.32, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting

Officer prior to proposal due date.

7. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA GSFC organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation

Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Tasha Williams, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Christyl Johnson, Code 100

Voting Members

Frank Bellinger, Code 800, Tasha Williams, Code 175

Mellani Edwards, Code 155

Tammy Brown, Code 481

Nicholas Shur, Code 544

David Matusow, Code 581

8. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

9. The OMES III online Reference Library can be found at www.SAM.gov, Notice ID

80GSFC21R0046-elibrary.

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 Cost Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the

Offeror’s Cost Volume proposal shall include completed Cost Volume exhibits in Microsoft

Office Excel format with working cell formulas. Instructions for converting from PDF format to Excel format can be found in the provision GSFC 52.215-201 (ALT I) PROPOSAL

PREPARATION—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL

DELIVERY) (MAR 2020).

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.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than May 31, 2022, at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). 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 Tasha

Williams, Contracting Officer, at tasha.williams@nasa.gov on or before May 13, 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.

Tasha Williams

Contracting Officer