NEHCSS Final RFP Cover Letter.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Shared Services Center Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

1/26/2022

Reply to Attn of: Procurement Services, NSSC

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80NSSC22R0013 for the NASA Enterprise-Wide Human Capital Support Services (NEHCSS) Contract

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center’s (NSSC) Support for NASA Enterprise- Wide Human Capital Support Services (NEHCSS) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide enterprise-wide human capital support and related services in support of NASA’s Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) across multiple NASA Centers. The NEHCSS contractors will provide all necessary management, personnel, training (not otherwise provided by the Government), and travel (when requested) necessary to perform these services. The resulting contracts will be performed on-site or remotely (as defined by Agency policy) to meet contract requirements at NASA Centers/Field Locations which can be viewed at: https://www.nasa.gov/careers/where-we-work . The contracts may further support any NASA Centers' human capital support services requirements as needed.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a 100% Women-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541612 and the small business size standard is $16.5M.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Multiple-Award, Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirements will be funded and obligated at the task order level. Task orders will be awarded on a FFP completion basis or FFP level of effort. The contract will have an effective ordering period of five and a half years from the contract effective date, with a five (5) year ordering period, and a six-month Option to Extend Services.

The anticipated contract award date is July 1, 2022 with a contract effective date of August 1, 2022. The contract will provide services to the following NASA locations: Ames Research Center (ARC), Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), Glenn Research Center (GRC), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Headquarters (HQ), Johnson Space Center (JSC), Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Langley Research Center (LaRC), Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC), Stennis Space Center (SSC), and all campuses, facilities, and satellite offices. Services may be able to be performed either onsite, a contractor facility or remotely at a contractor employees' residence nationwide.

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 https://www.nasa.gov/careers/where-we-work this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in Sections I, II, III and IV take precedence:

1. A Phase-in period will be conducted. A 30-day Phase-In period will be included as part of the base period.

2. The Government will make available existing Government Furnished Property (GFP) for onsite, and at the Contractor’s facility or remotely at a contractor employees' residence nationwide as described in the Final RFP.

3. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to Section III, Instructions to Offerors, Section 7.4 as well as refer to NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1852.209-71 Limitation of Future Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting.

4. The NSSC 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 Final 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.

a. A Draft RFP was released on November 19, 2021. Potential Offerors are cautioned to read and review the Final RFP and all attachments carefully.

Some significant changes to the Final RFP include, but are not limited to:

• Ordering Procedures

• Actual Utilization Procedures

• Past Performance Submission Date

• Proposal Submittal Submission Date

• Key Personnel change

• Sample RTOs for pricing evaluation only

• Attachment 02 NEHCSS Price Schedule

• Attachment 04 Labor Categories Position Descriptions

• Attachment 13 Requirement Traceability Matrix Template has been added

b. A Virtual Industry Day event was held on December 1, 2021, via Microsoft

Teams. Industry questions from this event as well as some additional questions and comments submitted in the response to the Draft RFP, were considered in finalizing the Final RFP. Questions and comments regarding the Draft RFP, not previously addressed are being posted concurrently with this solicitation.

Please note that the answers to these questions are provided for convenience and clarification for potential Offerors and do not change any terms and/or conditions of the Final RFP.

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

Offerors should carefully review the Final RFP in its entirety.

5. Be advised, in accordance with Section III, Instructions to Offerors, Section 7.2, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer by February 17, 2022.

6. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA Center for the Source Evaluation Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Bruce T. McDonald, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Kelly Elliott, JSC

Voting Members Tiffany Schuffert, HQ Ines Salcedo, KSC Stephen Williams, JSC Omar Williams, GSFC Lori Moore, GSFC

7. 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 Section IV, Evaluation Criteria, Section 2.0, which states that the Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with Offerors.

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/ documents 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.

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

This RFP does not commit the NSSC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate the NSSC 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.

Past Performance Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than 2:00 pm, Central Time, February 23, 2022.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than 2:00 pm, Central Time, March 2, 2022.

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 Bruce T.

McDonald, Contracting Officer, at bruce.t.mcdonald@nasa.gov on or before February 7, 2022. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Bruce T. McDonald Contracting Officer mailto:shanjaril.l.black@nasa.gov