FRFP COR Cover Letter 01272023.pdf

January 27, 2023

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC22R0054, for Coronagraph (COR) 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) Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series (L1 Series)

Coronagraph (COR) Instrument Phase A Study solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide a definition-phase study of the COR instrument. The COR instrument will be incorporated into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) L1 Series satellite series. The instrument will provide Coronal imagery of the Sun for detection and characterization of the Earth-directed CMEs.

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

Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336414 and the small business size standard is

1,250 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in up to 4 firm fixed price contracts; of 8- month duration and a not to exceed amount of $800K each for this definition-phase study. There will also be a 4- month option with a not to exceed amount of $400K each to include bringing this formulation study closer to a

Preliminary Design Review readiness level. The Final Report is due 12 months after contract award.

The anticipated contract award date is during May of 2023. The contract will be performed offsite at the

Contractor’s facilities.

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).

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, Kelly R Lytton, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Tammy Seidel, Code 170

Voting Members

Eugene Guerrero-Martin, IET Chairperson, Code 490

Kelly R Lytton, Contracting Officer, Code 172

Chuck Zakrzwski, Aerospace Flight Systems, Code 599

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

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.

All documents related to this procurement including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, and any amendments will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.beta.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 shall not be construed as authorization to proceed with, or be paid for charges incurred by performing any of the work called for in this solicitation.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than Monday, February 27, 2023, at 5:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time. 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. https://nasagov.app.box.com/f/fac1041f7ca144f78404654d144feece 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, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information

Service (NESDIS) 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 Kelly R. Lytton, Contracting Officer, at Kelly.R.Lytton@nasa.gov on or before February 10, 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.

Kelly R Lytton

Contracting Officer