RFP_NNG16534898R-Cover_Letter.pdf

TO: All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. NNG16534898R, for

Next Generation Land Mobile Radio (NEXTGENLMR)

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

Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Next Generation Land Mobile

Radio (NEXTGENLMR) solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to acquire a land mobile radio system and related services for the Communication and Security

Services Division. The contractor shall provide a replacement Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system and maintenance for Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, Wallops Island, and any other

NASA facilities, if directed by task order.

This acquisition will be conducted as a full and open competition. The North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334220 and the small business size standard is 1,250 employees. The NASA point of contact for Small Business concerns related to this procurement is Jennifer Perez on (301) 286-4379.

This competitive procurement will result in a hybrid Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Core requirement and an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirement with the ability to issue FFP task/delivery orders. The Contractor’s IDIQ labor rates shall reflect the offeror’s best rates (the best rates given to the most favored customer). The contract will have a total potential period of performance/effective ordering period of 5 years. The anticipated contract award date is

September 1, 2016.

The contract will be performed onsite at GSFC, GSFC/WFF, and other NASA Installations outlined in the Statement of Work.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by both the Government and Government

Contractors, it is now Goddard Center policy that all procurement-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Offerors shall be aware that the while the Price

Volume exhibits included in the RFP are in PDF format; the Offeror’s Price Volume proposal submitted in response to this RFP shall include completed Price Volume exhibits in Microsoft

Office Excel format. Instructions for converting from PDF format to Excel format can be found in the Price Volume Instructions provision. Offerors are encouraged to complete the conversion from PDF format to Excel format upon receipt of the RFP. Should any issues arise with the conversion, please contact the undersigned.

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 Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov.

Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates.

https://www.fbo.gov/

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, with Alternate I, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMMERCIAL ITEMS, in particular paragraph (g) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions.

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 Wednesday, May

25, 2016, 2:30 P.M. EST. Be advised, in accordance with Provision A.5.10 Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the

Contracting Officer no later than proposal closing date.

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, Keisha S. Willingham, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this procurement. The

Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Margarita Penn, Code 760

Voting Members

Keisha Willingham, Code 210

Katie Poole, Code 761

Tim Schauermann, Code 761

James Brady, Code 763

Offerors are reminded that a “Blackout Notice” for this procurement was distributed to all applicable NASA GSFC personnel concurrently with the release of the Final RFP to Industry.

Therefore, all communications pertaining to this procurement shall be directed only to the

Contracting Officer listed below.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Keisha S.

Willingham, Contracting Officer, at Keisha.S.Willingham@nasa.gov on or before May 13, 2016.

Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html

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Keisha S. Willingham

Contracting Officer