NextSTEP-2 Appendix P_HLS SLD BAA_Amendment 3.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters

300 E ST SW

Washington, D.C. 20546-0001

Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships – 2

(NextSTEP-2)

Appendix P: Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD)

Broad Agency Announcement NNH19ZCQ001K_APPENDIX-P-HLS-SLD

Amendment 3

Issued: October 21, 2022

Proposals Due: December 6, 2022, by 3:00 PM Central Time

NextSTEP-2 Appendix P: Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Development

NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Change Log

Version Description of Significant Changes Date DRAFT Release ------- March 31, 2022 2nd DRAFT Release

Updated NASA’s goal for timing of the crewed demonstration mission July 19, 2022

Final Release Added 4.3.3 xEVAS Suits Approach; Removed Performance Work Statement (Attachment 14) reference in Section 4.4.3.2; Removed email option for proposal submission

September 16, 2022

Amendment 1 Adjusted OGFPA and GTA due dates to accommodate Federal holiday and allow further coordination on OGFPAs and GTAs

October 6, 2022

Amendment 2 - Updated Section 1.3.3, DRM nomenclature to be consistent with Concept of Operations Documents

- Updated Section 4.4.3.1, regarding Attachment 10, Safety and Mission Assurance Plan, to be consistent with DRD 1780SA-002 Remarks section regarding proposal submission

- Updated Section 4.4.5.5, regarding Attachment 11, Past Performance Narrative, to provide clarification on information required on subcontractor performance

- Updated wording in Section 4.4.6.13 to clarify 60% requirement from prices to milestone payment amounts

- Updated Section 4.4.6.20.k (3) to correct terminology from Technical Performance Parameters (TPPs) to Technical Performance Measures (TPMs), consistent with HLS-PLAN-008

- Updated Table 3 and Section 4.4.6.44 to remove reference to the Systems Security Plan as a required attachment for the Proposal submission

October 18, 2022

Amendment 3 - Extended the due date for proposals to December 6, 2022

- Extended the due date for NASA response on OGFPA and GTA requests to November 15, 2022 to allow further coordination on OGFPAs and GTAs

- Updated the anticipated Award Date/ATP to June 6, 2023

- Updated the estimated period of performance to reflect June 2023

– June 2028.

- Added a third asterisk under the CLIN Table shown in Section 1.3.3

October 21, 2022

Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Background

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Background

1.2.1 Applicable Initiatives by NASA Organizations

1.2.2 Human Landing System Concept of Operations

1.2.3 Future Exploration Activities

1.3 Human Landing System Acquisition Strategy

1.3.1 Acquisition Strategy Overview

1.3.2 Definitions Relevant to SLD Scope of Work

1.3.3 Overview of Contract Periods of Performance

1.3.4 Sustaining Lunar Transportation (SLT) Services

1.3.5 SLD and Appendix H

2 Funding Opportunity Description

2.1 Description of Solicitation Topic

2.2 General Information:

3 Eligibility Information

4 Proposal Submission Information, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 Use of NASA Support Contractors

4.1.2 Definitions

4.1.3 Solicitation Contents

4.2 Proposal Submission

4.2.1 Summary of Required Content and Proposal Organization

4.2.2 Submission Instructions

4.2.3 Format

4.3 How the Acquisition Strategy Affects Required Proposal Content

4.3.1 General Proposal Instructions

4.3.2 Requirements and Standards

4.3.3 xEVAS Suits Approach

4.4 Required Proposal Content

4.4.1 Title Page

4.4.2 Executive Summary

4.4.3 Volume I: Technical

4.4.4 Volume II: Price

4.4.5 Volume III: Management

4.4.6 Volume IV: Mandatory Proposal Attachments

5 Proposal Evaluation, Selection, and Award

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Proposal Evaluation

5.2.1 General

5.2.2 Evaluation Factors and Areas of Focus

5.2.3 Relative Importance of Factors

5.2.4 Ratings Definitions

5.2.5 Price Evaluation

5.2.6 Evaluation for Award or Exercise of Options

5.3 Award

5.3.1 Award Evaluation Process

5.3.2 Notification of Award

5.3.3 Proposal Evaluation Feedback

6 Award Information

6.1 Contract Award

6.2 Period of Performance:

6.3 Award Date:

6.4 Funding Allocation:

1 Introduction and Background

1.1 Introduction

Space Policy Directive-1 instructs NASA to “[l]ead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion across the Solar System and to bring back to Earth new knowledge and opportunities. Beginning with missions beyond low-Earth orbit, the United States will lead the return of humans to the Moon for long-term exploration and utilization, followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations.”

To address a portion of these objectives, NASA instituted the Artemis campaign and awarded a contract for the development and demonstration of an initial crewed lunar lander capability in July 2021 under Option A of Appendix H to the Next-STEP2 Omnibus BAA to serve as the human lander for the Artemis III mission. The purpose of this solicitation is to request proposals from industry for selection and award for the rapid development and demonstration of a Sustainable Human Landing System (HLS) from a second provider, delivering humans to the lunar surface in a subsequent Artemis mission, and with the goal of completing the required Lunar Orbit Checkout Review (LOCR) by January 2028. Additionally, NASA plans to leverage crewed lander development activities to procure and certify the design of landers capable of human-class cargo delivery.

In addition to developing a sustainable HLS, commercial and international partners will be able to leverage new capabilities developed through this initiative for the execution of multiple other missions over the coming decades, including the potential to participate in regularly recurring hardware and services procurements by NASA.

1.2 Background

1.2.1 Applicable Initiatives by NASA Organizations

To enact the direction provided in Presidential Space Policy Directive-1 for returning to the Moon, NASA is continuing to implement the Artemis program (https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram).

NASA is employing a capability-driven approach to its human spaceflight strategy by developing a suite of evolving capabilities that provide specific functions to solve exploration challenges. These investments in initial capabilities are to be continuously leveraged and reused, enabling more complex operations over time and exploration of more distant solar system destinations. While NASA expects to utilize commercial lander services available in the near term for some early robotic missions, NASA also recognizes the need to foster the development of expertise and technologies required for sustainable human-scale landing systems. In addition, NASA understands that investments by the private sector are expected to grow as market opportunities are identified and activities expand from science and exploration to include resource utilization to the benefit of both public and private sectors.

1.2.2 Human Landing System Concept of Operations

Within Attachment A01, Sustained Phase HLS Concept of Operations (HLS-CONOP-006) describes an approach for the SLD crewed demonstration mission.

The scope of this mission is to demonstrate:

• Aggregation of HLS elements

• HLS docking and transfer of crew to HLS

• Lunar surface landing near the South Pole

• Lunar surface extra-vehicular activity (EVA)

• Return of crew and materials from the surface and transfer from HLS

The design, development, test, and evaluation (DDT&E) of the HLS will be led by the Contractor(s). The requirements and operations concept for the overall HLS will be managed by NASA.

1.2.3 Future Exploration Activities

NASA envisions that the HLS capability as demonstrated in the crewed demonstration mission to the lunar surface will be a sustainable transportation system that will enable frequent access to the lunar surface. NASA intends for public and private investments in lunar exploration capabilities to eventually expand to include surface elements necessary to support prolonged human exploration in order to accomplish increasingly advanced exploration goals, including a human mission to Mars.

1.3 Human Landing System Acquisition Strategy

1.3.1 Acquisition Strategy Overview

To ensure the opportunity for competition for sustainable human lunar landing services in the future, NASA has approved the following acquisition strategy:

• Awarded and currently being executed o NextSTEP-2 Appendix H, Option A: uncrewed demonstration landing and crewed demonstration landing for an initial capability o NextSTEP-2 Appendix N: Sustainable HLS studies and risk reduction

• Near-term acquisition activities o NextSTEP-2 Appendix H, Option B: crewed demonstration landing for a sustaining capability o NextSTEP-2 Appendix P, Sustaining Lunar Development (this acquisition). Uncrewed demonstration landing and crewed demonstration landing for a 2nd HLS provider of a sustaining capability.

• Future acquisition activity o Sustaining Lunar Transportation (SLT): Acquisition focused on recurring services

In accordance with the instructions set forth below in this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), NASA will determine whether to award Options (see Table 1: CLIN 1 Structure below). It is NASA’s intent to transition between the Base period and subsequent Option periods without any break in Contractor performance. The decision to award Options (formally authorize work initiation) rests solely with the Government, and no guarantee is made that an option will be awarded even though the contract will cite a value for the effort.

While NASA reserves the right to change its HLS acquisition strategy at any time, to include selecting for award one, multiple, or none of the proposals received. NASA intends to award one contract subject to the availability of funds; and either at contract award or later, exercise Options for that Contractor.

Proposals shall include a firm-fixed-price (FFP) for the Option periods.

1.3.2 Definitions Relevant to SLD Scope of Work

Definitions for the constituents of HLS scope as identified in the figure below are provided in the SOW.

Figure 1: HLS Scope

When used within this document, the definitions provided in SOW section 2.1 apply.

1.3.3 Overview of Contract Periods of Performance

NASA has structured this solicitation by CLIN as shown in the table below and described in detail in the SOW, Section 2.

Table 1: CLIN Structure

*For proposal preparation purposes only, Offerors should assume an ATP (i.e., contract award date) of June 6, 2023.

**NASA may opt to exercise CLIN 006 at any time between ATP and up to two years after ATP. For its proposal, Offeror should assume this CLIN is exercised at ATP for CLIN 001.

*** NASA defined the success criteria of each mandatory milestone in the Statement of Work.

The Option CLINs will be incorporated into the contract at the time of contract award; however, the decision to exercise one or more of these CLINs (i.e., formally authorize work initiation) will be made in accordance with the FAR, and criteria set forth in this document and/or otherwise provided by NASA to the Contractor(s) at a future date and dependent upon budget availability. Plainly stated, incorporation of a FFP for Option CLINs at the time of contract award does not guarantee exercise of the Options cited in the contract.

Note that for many CLINs, the period of performance duration is dependent on Offeror-proposed dates for key milestones.

Note that while SLD includes HDL CLINs through DCR, performance of a mission to deliver Human-class Cargo to the lunar surface is not a requirement of this solicitation. Any future Human-class Cargo missions would be procured via a separate acquisition.

The contract has a potential five (5) year period of performance culminating in a crewed demonstration

CLIN: Title: Period of Performance: Dependencies:

Base CLINs

HLS Integrated Lander Design, Development, Test and Evaluation (DDT&E) through PDR

ATP* thru PDR+30D None

002 IDIQ – Special Studies and Tasks ATP thru End of Contract None

Option CLINs

Integrated Lander Continued DDT&E

003 Integrated Lander Through CDR PDR+30D thru CDR+30D Successful completion of PDR***

004 Integrated Lander Through DCR CDR+30D thru DCR+30D Successful completion of CDR***

005 Integrated Lander Through Crewed Demonstration Sortie Mission DCR+30D thru End of Contract Successful completion of DCR***

Human-class Delivery Lander (HDL) DDT&E

006 HDL DDT&E through PDR ATP-ATP+2yr thru HDL PDR+30D** Award of CLIN 001

007 HDL DDT&E Through CDR HDL PDR+30D thru HDL CDR+30D Successful completion of HDL PDR***

008 HDL DDT&E Through DCR HDL CDR+30D thru HDL DCR+30D Successful completion of HDL CDR*** mission to certify the design and the Contractor. Anticipated contract period of performance will be June 2023 - June 2028, if all Options are exercised.

Design Reference Missions (DRMs). The HLS Conops documents (Attachment A01) outline the scope of several DRMs. Offerors are required to account for the following DRMs in accordance with the SOW and provisions in this BAA when proposing for the defined CLINs:

• DRM-H-001 Polar Sortie Mission

• DRM-H-001b Non-Polar Sortie Mission Variant

• DRM-H-002 Polar Excursion Mission

• DRM-C-001 Integrated Cargo Delivery Mission

• DRM-C-002 Offloaded Cargo Delivery Mission

The Crewed Demonstration Sortie Mission, to be proposed under CLINs 001, 003, 004, and 005, shall meet the minimum requirements in Attachment F (Requirements) associated with DRM-H-001. Designs for the Crewed Demonstration Sortie Mission that, in addition to meeting the requirements for DRM- 001, also meet a subset or all requirements associated with DRM-H-002 may be evaluated more favorably. For Crewed Demonstration Sortie Mission designs that do not meet all requirements associated with DRM-H-002, Offerors shall propose a variant that does meet these requirements, with additional design work through DCR (above and beyond the work already proposed as part of the Crewed Demonstration Sortie Mission) to be proposed under CLINs 001, 003, and 004. At DCR NASA will certify the design for both the Crewed Demonstration Sortie Mission as well as any DRM-H-002 variant.

Additionally, Offerors shall assess the performance of their proposed Crewed Demonstration Sortie Mission design against the DRM-H-001b Non-Polar Sortie Mission Variant as described in Section 4.4.3.1 Technical Focus 1: Technical Design Concept below. While performance against this variant will not be evaluated negatively, designs that demonstrate flexibility and added margin against the non-polar scenarios may be evaluated more favorably.

The Lunar Surface Habitat and the Lunar Pressurized Rover are provided as simple, non-binding examples of Integrated Cargo and Offloaded Cargo throughout this solicitation. These examples have been assumed to aid in illustration of the two cargo variants, DRM-C-001 Integrated Cargo Delivery Mission and DRM-C-002 Offloaded Cargo Delivery Mission, which is work to be proposed under CLINs 006, 007, and 008.

1.3.4 Sustaining Lunar Transportation (SLT) Services

NASA intends to separately procure transportation between Gateway and the lunar surface as commercial space transportation services. NASA estimates that it will require such services approximately once per year for a period of ten years.

1.3.5 SLD and Appendix H

One of the goals for this procurement is to support competition and the potential for redundancy for sustainable human lunar lander capabilities in advance of NASA's future SLT procurement. To effectuate these goals, NASA is executing this SLD procurement under the authority of FAR 6.202(a) as a full and open competition after the partial exclusion of one source, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

(SpaceX). NASA currently has a contract with SpaceX for the development and demonstration of a human landing system that meets NASA’s initial lunar lander requirements ("Appendix H contract").

Within the Appendix H contract is "Option B," a scope of work to evolve this initial lander capability to meet NASA's sustaining lander requirements. While NASA has excluded SpaceX from being a prime Contractor under the SLD procurement, SpaceX may otherwise participate (e.g., as a launch provider) on another Offeror’s team.

2 Funding Opportunity Description

2.1 Description of Solicitation Topic

This Appendix P acquisition seeks a FFP, milestone-based proposal to enable rapid development and a crewed flight demonstration of an HLS.

2.2 General Information:

• Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Announcement Title: NextSTEP-2 BAA, Appendix P: Sustaining Lunar Development

• Omnibus BAA: NextSTEP-2, BAA NNH16ZCQ001K

• Responsible Office:

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters

300 E ST SW

Washington, DC 20546-0001

• Point of Contact:

Ms. Stacey Hadavi Contracting Officer, Human Landing System NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

MSFC, AL 35812

E-mail: stacey.e.hadavi@nasa.gov

• Inquiries: Due September 30, 2022, 3:00 PM CT. Offerors may electronically submit written questions requesting clarification of solicitation requirements by sending an email to HQ-HLS- BAA@mail.nasa.gov. For inquiries to which NASA elects to respond, NASA responses will not contain evaluations, opinions, or recommendations regarding any suggested approaches or concepts. Only questions transmitted electronically may receive a response. Information provided with each question should include the document name, document date, specific page, paragraph, clause, or other definitive citation requiring clarification.

• Optional GFP Agreement (OGFPA) and Government Task Agreement (GTA) Requests: All draft Agreements that are proposed to become a part of the Offeror’s proposal shall be received by the HLS Program POC, Don Krupp, at don.krupp@nasa.gov, no later than 11:00 PM CT on September 26, 2022. For purposes of proposal submittal and evaluation, draft Agreements received by NASA after this date and time may be discarded entirely by NASA at its discretion.

The HLS Program POC will facilitate Offeror discussions with NASA Centers with the goal of getting concurrence on the required content within these documents, including signatures from Center representatives, by October 17, 2022. The Contracting Officer will notify Offerors of the HLS Program’s final decisions for the purposes of SLD proposals and send the tentative agreements by November 15, 2022. NASA does not guarantee the disposition of any OGFPA or GTA requests received by NASA after the due dates indicated above.

• Tangible Property derived from the CLINs and/or DPDs Mockups, training systems, and any other tangible property fabricated and/or manufactured by the Contractor for the Matrix of Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) will be considered Contractor-owned property. NASA will not take ownership or title to this property through any CLIN deliveries specified in Attachment H, Data Procurement Document (DPD). Any such mockups, to include computers and/or displays, training systems, and other tangible property that are located at any NASA Center, facility, or installation will remain the property of the Contractor. The Contractor will be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the hardware and training systems. Upon completion or termination of the contract, the Contractor will also be responsible for all costs associated for the movement and removal of Contractor-owned property from NASA Centers.

• Proposals: Must be received by the Government no later than 3:00 PM CT on December 6, 2022.

3 Eligibility Information This solicitation is open to non-Government U.S. institutions (companies, universities, nonprofit organizations), excluding SpaceX as noted in Section 1.3.5 above. Foreign institutions, NASA civil servants, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) employees, national laboratories, and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) shall not be proposed as a Prime Contractor on any effort associated with this announcement. Foreign institutions, national laboratories, and FFRDCs may participate as a team member. Offerors are advised that performance of Appendix P will be subject to the eligibility and domestic sourcing requirements of both the Commercial Space Act of 1998 and the National Space Transportation Policy as effectuated through contract H clause – Domestic Source Requirements (as amended). In addition to this contract clause, Offerors’ attention is specifically directed to sections 3.2 of the omnibus portion of this solicitation for further eligibility considerations and requirements.

4 Proposal Submission Information, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors

4.1 Introduction

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without conducting discussions or post-selection negotiations with Offerors (except clarifications as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.306(a)). Therefore, each Offeror shall submit only one proposal which represents its best approach to meeting the requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions or post-selection negotiations if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

If unexplained discrepancies are found within an Offeror’s proposal, the Government may use that as a basis for evaluating such a proposal negatively, and if the discrepancies are significant, the Offeror may be deemed ineligible for award. Offerors who take exception to any terms and conditions of this solicitation may also be deemed ineligible for award and excluded from further consideration.

The Government contemplates award of a FFP contract resulting from this solicitation.

Offerors shall disregard sections 4, 5, and 6 of the omnibus BAA; these sections of the omnibus BAA are not applicable to this Appendix. For all other sections of the omnibus BAA, where the omnibus BAA conflicts with other components of this solicitation (e.g., the model contract), the conflicting component governs (i.e., in the event of a conflict, the omnibus does not govern).

4.1.1 Use of NASA Support Contractors

The following Government support Contractors may assist NASA in evaluating Offerors’ proposals in an advisory capacity only, and may provide administrative support to the selection process, but will not evaluate proposals:

Stellar Solutions

For contact information for the Contractor listed above, contact Stacey Hadavi, Contracting Officer, at stacey.e.hadavi@nasa.gov. NASA presently has organizational conflict of interest (OCI) clauses as well as proprietary data protection clauses in NASA’s contract with this Contractor, and these Contractor personnel have signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with NASA that cover the proposals that NASA will receive in response to this solicitation. NASA will consider submission of a proposal in response to this solicitation as an Offeror consenting to NASA’s use of the Contractor listed above in the manner described above.

4.1.2 Definitions

As used in sections 4, 5, and 6 of this Appendix:

“Discussions” are exchanges with Offerors that occur after receipt of proposals but before selection that result in the Contracting Officer inviting the Offeror to revise only those specific portions of its proposal that have been identified by the Contracting Officer as open to revision.

“In writing,” “writing,” or “written” means any worded or numbered expression which can be read, reproduced, and later communicated, and includes electronically transmitted and stored information.

“Post-selection negotiations” are exchanges with Offerors who have been selected for potential contract award that do not contemplate or result in material proposal revisions.

“Proposal modification” is a change made to a proposal before the solicitation’s closing date and time, or made in response to an amendment, or made to correct a mistake at any time before award.

“Proposal revision” is any change made by the Offeror to its proposal after the solicitation closing date that occurs as a result of discussions or post-selection negotiations in accordance with Section 4.2.2. of this solicitation.

“Time,” if stated as a number of days, is calculated using calendar days, unless otherwise specified, and will include Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. However, if the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then the period shall include the next business day. Similarly, if the NASA Center where a submission is due, is closed for all or part of the last day, the period extends to the next day on which the NASA Center is open.

4.1.3 Solicitation Contents

This solicitation is comprised of this Appendix P solicitation, the Next-STEP2 omnibus BAA, and all other solicitation attachments specified below in Table 2.

Table 2: Solicitation Attachments

Solicitation Attachment

Template Provided by

Government for Fill-in by Offeror

Incorporation into Contract if

Offeror Receives Award

A Reference Library

No No

01 HLS Concept of Operations 02 Relevant standards and documents 03 Interoperability standards 04 White Papers 05 HLS-VV-002 Verification Guidebook 06 HLS-MOA-001: HLS Software IV&V

Project Execution Plan 07 JSC-35191: Artemis Flight Operations

Standards 08 US Radiation Test Facilities Availability 09 Rocket Propulsion Test Capability 10 NASA Center Capabilities 11 ACD-52105: Artemis Campaign

Development Medical Operations Requirements Document (MORD)

B NASA Points of Contact No No C Reserved - - D Corporate Contribution Worksheet Yes Yes E Model Contract (Including SF33) Yes Yes

F

HLS Requirements

- HLS-RQMT-006 Integrated Lander

SRD;

- HLS-RQMT-007 HDL SRD;

- EVA-EXP-0067 HLS-xEVA IRCD;

- EVA-EXP-0070 ANX-02 HLS-EVA

Compatibility IRD - Sustained;

- EVA-EXP-0070 HLS-EVA

Compatibility IRD

- EVA-EXP-0070 ANX-03 HLS-EVA

Compatibility IRD – HDL

- GP 10031-01 Gateway to HLS IRD;

- GP 10045-01 Gateway to Visiting

Vehicles RF IRD Annex 1: HLS;

- GP 10046-01 Gateway to Lunar

Systems RF IRD Annex 1: HLS;

- HLS-IRD-004-01 HLS-Mission

Systems IRD;

- HLS-IRD-007-01 HLS GFP IRD;

- HLS-IRD-008 HLS-LSA IRD;

- HLS-IRD-010 HDL to Cargo IRD

No Yes

G Statement of Work (SOW) No Yes

H Data Procurement Document (List of Data Requirement Deliverables (DRDs)) No Yes

I Government Furnished Equipment/Property (GFE/GFP) List Yes No

J Design and Performance Metrics Tables Yes No K Optional GFE/GFP Agreement Template Yes No L Reserved - - M Reserved - - N Reserved - -

O Milestone Acceptance Criteria and Payment Schedule Yes No

P Pricing Template Yes No Q Government Task Agreement Template Yes No

Access to export-controlled information that is a part of this solicitation can be obtained by submitting a written request to the Contracting Officer, Stacey Hadavi, at stacey.e.hadavi@nasa.gov. Access to these materials will be granted solely for the purpose of preparing a proposal under this solicitation.

4.2 Proposal Submission

This section contains instructions to Offerors for successful submission of their proposals. Non-conformance with these instructions may result in an unfavorable evaluation of the proposal or, where indicated, may render a proposal unawardable.

4.2.1 Summary of Required Content and Proposal Organization

The required content, organization, and required file types for elements of Offerors’ proposals is summarized in Table 3 below.

Table 3: Summary of Required Proposal Content

Required Proposal Content Page Limit Incorporation into Contract at Award Title Page 1 No Executive Summary 3 No Volume I: Technical 55 Yes Volume II: Price Offeror shall use the provided template only (Attachment P) No

Volume III: Management 20 Yes Volume IV: Proposal Attachments

No total limit See below

Volume IV Proposal Attachment (PDF format unless otherwise noted)

DRD #

Template Provided by Government for Fill-in by Offeror

Incorporation into Contract at Award Page Limit

1 Reserved - - - - 2 Domestic Source

Certification - No Yes -

Corporate Contribution Worksheet and Narrative (MS Excel), if proposed

- Yes (Att D) Yes -

4 Small Business Subcontracting Plan - No Yes -

5 Collaboration Plan - No No -

Government Task Agreement(s) (GTAs) and/or Optional GFP Agreement(s) (OGFPAs), if proposed

- Yes (Att Q, K) No -

7 Insight Implementation Plan MA-001 No Yes -

Verification, Validation, and Certification Plan

SE-002 No Yes -

Design and Performance Metrics Tables (MS Excel)

- Yes (Att J) No -

10 Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Plan SA-002 No Yes -

11 Past Performance Narrative - No No 15

12 Review Plan MA-002 No Yes -

Milestone Acceptance Criteria and Payment Schedule (MS Excel)

- Yes (Att O) Yes -

14 Reserved - - - - 15 GFP List (MS Excel) - Yes (Att I) Yes -

Data Rights Assertion Notice, corresponding narratives, and evidence

Yes (Att E, 52.227-14

(f)(5))

Yes (Assertion

Notice only)

Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Plan

MA-007 No Yes -

18 Integrated Operations Training OP-002 No No -

Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) (MS Project and Adobe

PDF)

MA-003 No Yes -

20 Project Management Plan - No Yes 35

Mission Operations and Mission Systems Plan

OP-003 No Yes -

22 Risk Management Plan MA-004 No Yes -

23 Contractor’s Concept of Operations SE-009 No Yes -

24 Reserved - - - - 25 Signed Model Contract - Yes (Att E) Yes -

Responsibility Determination Information

- No No -

27 Proposed Alternate Standards - - - -

28 Human Systems Integration (HSI) Plan HS-003 No Yes -

HLS Integrated Lander System Specification

SE-001 No Yes -

Software Verification, Validation, and Certification Plan

SW-001 No Yes -

31 Assembly, Integration, and Test Plan SE-005 No Yes -

32 Software Plan (SP) SW-002 No Yes - 33 Risk Reports MA-005 No Yes -

Expenditure Profile (MS Excel [preferred] and/or PDF acceptable)

- No No -

35 Key Facilities and Equipment - No No -

36 Reserved - - 37 Reserved - - - - 38 Reserved - - - - 39 Reserved - - - - 40 Reserved - - - -

HLS Human-class Lander (HDL) System Specification

SE-008 No Yes -

42 Reserved - - - - 43 Technology Readiness

Level Report DE-005 No No

44 Reserved - - - - 45 Food Systems Plan* HS-005 No No - 46 Medical Kit Plan* HS-006 No No - 47 Reserved - - - - 48 Lunar Orbit Checkout

Plan OP-004 No No -

* If Offeror opts for NASA to provide as GFP, this deliverable is not required

4.2.2 Submission Instructions

Offerors shall submit their proposal in accordance with the following requirements.

Electronic Submission: Offerors shall submit their proposal in electronic form only. Hard copies will not be accepted. The Government anticipates viewing the electronic submittals with the following computer software and hardware: (1) PC-compatible systems, (2) Windows 10 operating system, (3) Adobe Reader DC, and (4) Microsoft Office 2016. To enable the Government to successfully view the proposals electronically, the Offeror shall submit its proposal in searchable Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) except where otherwise specified in Table 3.

The offeror shall submit its proposal in accordance with the Electronic Submission of Proposals – Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s EFSS Box (NOV 2021) provision in the model contract, to the Contracting Officer, Stacey Hadavi, at stacey.e.hadavi@nasa.gov. The Offeror shall follow the instructions found at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/other/EFSS-Box-Offeror-Proposal- Submission-Instructions.pdf.

Prior to the submission of proposal files, Offerors interested in submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation should notify Stacey Hadavi of their intent to submit a proposal at least 48 hours prior to the intended submission date, at the following email address: stacey.e.hadavi@nasa.gov. The Offeror shall courtesy copy (cc) HQ-HLS-BAA@mail.nasa.gov on this communication.

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)/ Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Data:

ITAR/EAR data is allowed to be sent through EFSS Box, if properly labeled as such (see pages 29-30 of the NASA Guidebook for Proposers, “Responding to a NASA Funding Announcement” at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/nraguidebook/proposer2018.pdf) and encrypted in accordance with FIPS 140-2 and as defined by appropriate Federal regulations.

Solicitation Closing Date and Time: The Offeror shall submit its proposal via EFSS Box and must be received by the Government no later than 3:00 PM CT on December 6, 2022. Offerors are solely responsible for ensuring timely delivery of their proposal, including any modifications.

Proposal Modifications: The Government will only accept proposal modifications that meet one of the following conditions: (1) Proposal modifications received by the Government at any time before the solicitation’s closing date and time; (2) Proposal modifications submitted in response to a solicitation amendment and received by the Government at any time before the amendment’s closing date and time; or, (3) Proposal modifications received by the Government any time after the solicitation’s closing date and time, but before award, that are submitted by the Offeror, and accepted at the unilateral discretion of the Contracting Officer.

Proposal Revisions: The Government will only accept proposal revisions that are requested by the Contracting Officer and received by the Government by the time and date specified by the Contracting Officer.

Late Proposals: Any proposal, proposal modification, or proposal revision received by the Government at the designated location after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless: (1) it is received before award is made; (2) the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and (3) if the Government, at its sole discretion, determines that the proposal was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 PM CT one calendar day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals.

Partially received Proposals: In the event that the Contracting Officer determines that an Offeror has submitted a portion of its proposal on-time and that other portions of its proposal are considered by the Government as “late,” for selection and award purposes, the Government will evaluate only those portions of the proposal that were not late and will discard the late portions and not use them in any manner for selection purposes.

Emergency Interruption of Government Processes: If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that proposals cannot be received by the exact time specified in the solicitation, the time specified for receipt of proposals will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first working day on which normal Government processes resume.

Proposal Withdrawal: If received by the Contracting Officer at any time before contract award, proposals may be withdrawn by written notice. To withdraw a proposal, an individual authorized to bind the Offeror must contact the Contracting Officer in writing and explicitly request a withdrawal.

Withdrawals are effective upon receipt of notice by the Contracting Officer.

Unsolicited Components: Offerors shall not include any unsolicited appendices or attachments with their proposals. The Government will discard any unsolicited components of proposals and will not consider them during its proposal evaluation.

Offer Expiration: Offeror’s proposals shall be valid for no less than one hundred and eighty (180) days from the required submission date. The award date of this procurement is planned to be in June 2023.

4.2.3 Format

Except as noted in Table 3, the Offeror shall comply with the proposal formatting requirements below.

Offerors that do not comply with one or more of the formatting requirements of this section may be deemed ineligible for award.

Page Limits: Offerors shall comply with the page limitations specified in Table 3. Pages submitted in excess of those limitations will not be evaluated by the Government and will be deleted. Title pages are not included in page limits. Tables of contents at the beginning of Volumes I and III will be excluded from page counts. Offerors may provide graphics or tables on 11" x 17" pages, which will count as two pages.

Volume II: Price is not page limited; however, this volume is to be strictly limited to price information as filled in by the Offeror in the Government-provided Pricing Template. Information that can be construed as belonging in one of the other volumes of the proposal will be so construed and counted against that volume’s page limitation. If the Government requests proposal revisions, separate page limitations will be specified in the Government's request for that submission.

Fonts: Proposal must be single-spaced, typewritten, formatted using one column, and use 12-point font.

The font size for symbols in equations must be consistent with this guideline. Offerors may not use “condensed” or “narrow” font versions and may not adjust or otherwise condense a font or line from its default appearance. While text within figures and tables may use a smaller font, it must not be smaller than 10-point. Figure and table captions must follow the same font requirements and restrictions as the main proposal text. It is recommended that expository text necessary for the proposal not be located solely in figures or tables, or in their captions.

Headers and Footers: Only non-proposal material, e.g., page numbers, volume titles, disclaimers, etc., is permitted in headers and footers. Every proposal page shall indicate its proposal Volume (e.g., “Vol. I”), be numbered, and contain the Offeror’s name, solicitation number, and date.

PDF-Specific Formatting Requirements: For PDF files, the required paper size is 8.5”x11” (or 11” x 17” as described in the “Page Limits” paragraph above). Pages must have at least 1-inch (2.5 cm) margins on all sides. The Offeror shall generate “bookmarks” within each PDF file for each section and sub-section of the document. Bookmarks shall be generated based on indexed entities appearing in the document table of contents. The Offeror has the option of generating “thumbnails” within the PDF files as well.

The minimum requirement for hypertext links is a proposal volume table of contents with links to each section of the volume. The Offeror shall set all security options in each PDF file to “allowed.” External hyperlinks are not allowed and will not be evaluated if included. Hypertext links shall be the same minimum font size. The preferred method of implementing hyperlinks is to indicate the hyperlink by blue font color and establish the hypertext in Acrobat with “invisible rectangle” with “no outline.” All text, including table and figure identifiers, shall be indexed and 100% searchable text.

Excel Spreadsheet Requirements: Some of the Government-provided fillable templates for Offerors’ proposals are in MS Excel spreadsheet format. These spreadsheets shall be populated by Offeror and submitted in MS Excel format, not in a scanned MS Word or Adobe PDF file. Spreadsheets shall not be “read only,” “locked,” or protected in a manner that would prevent an evaluator from manipulating the data as necessary to complete the evaluation.

Units of Measurement: Units must be reported in the International System of Units (SI), defined by ANSI/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 268.

Reference to Outside Materials: Proposals may not include references to materials outside the proposal (e.g., published articles and sites on the internet) for information or material needed to either complete or understand the proposal.

Language and Currency: Offerors shall submit proposals in response to this solicitation in English and in U.S. dollars.

Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data: Offerors that include in their proposals data that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, shall:

Mark the title page with the following legend:

This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed -- in whole or in part -- for any purpose other than to evaluate this proposal. If, however, a contract is awarded to this Offeror as a result of -- or in connection with -- the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. This restriction does not limit the Government’s right to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets [insert numbers or other identification of sheets]; and

Mark each sheet of data it wishes to restrict with the following legend:

Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal.

4.3 How the Acquisition Strategy Affects Required Proposal Content

4.3.1 General Proposal Instructions

NASA will not take ownership of the HLS except as authorized by the contract.

The Offeror’s proposal will be evaluated, in part, on its technical (Volume I) and management (Volume III) approach to design, build, certify, and operate its own unique HLS. These approaches shall acknowledge and be responsive to all of the requirements, standards, terms, and conditions contained in this solicitation. The Offeror’s proposal shall contain a complete approach and a FFP for all of the work to be performed by the HLS Contractor during the Base and Option periods.

4.3.2 Requirements and Standards

Within Attachment F, both the Sustained Phase HLS Program SRD (HLS-RQMT-006) and the HDL System Requirements Document (HLS-RQMT-007) have multiple Appendices that reference detailed technical standards. Additionally, the SOW and DPD reference Artemis Flight Operations Standards (JSC-35191) and Artemis Campaign Development Medical Operations Requirements Document (MORD) (ACD- 52105). The following standards are to be included in a standards adjudication process described below:

• Standards referenced in the following appendices of Sustained Phase HLS Program SRD (HLS-

RQMT-006):

o APPENDIX B SAFETY, RELIABILITY, AND MAINTAINABILITY STANDARDS o APPENDIX C HUMAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL STANDARDS o APPENDIX D DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS o APPENDIX E SUB SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Standards referenced in the following appendices of HDL System Requirements Document (HLS-

RQMT-007)”

o APPENDIX B SAFETY, RELIABILITY, AND MAINTAINABILITY STANDARDS o APPENDIX C HUMAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL STANDARDS, as applicable o APPENDIX D DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

• Artemis Flight Operations Standards (JSC-35191). Note that the Artemis Flight Operations Standards are only applicable to the Integrated Lander and not the HDL.

• Artemis Campaign Development MORD (ACD-52105)

These standards set forth a potential approach for how NASA would design, build, certify, and operate an HLS. These detailed standards are provided to the Offeror by NASA as a starting point for the Offeror’s proposal for all work to be performed through the end of the contract. Note that within these standards, for the purposes of this solicitation, applicable standards directly referenced by the standards from the bulleted list above (“Child Standards”) above are considered applicable, while references to additional standards by those referenced applicable standards are not. The Offeror’s proposal shall:

(1) Demonstrate that the proposal meets or exceeds these NASA standards;

(2) Employ an alternative approach as adjudicated with the HLS Program during execution of Base period contracts of Appendix H (Exception: this option is not available for Appendices C and E of HLS-RQMT-006 or Appendix C of HLS-RQMT-007); or

(3) Employ another alternative approach to the standards that the Offeror asserts is equivalent in outcome, with a thorough explanation of such equivalency and a rationale in support of this approach in lieu of NASA’s specification (i.e., a “meets the intent of” approach).

Offerors shall identify each NASA standard for which it proposes to use an alternative approach (options 2 and 3 above), for the development of their Integrated Lander and HDL. The Offeror shall incorporate any such “alternate standard” approach throughout its proposal and assume NASA and the Offeror will adjudicate and reach final agreement on all Offeror-proposed alternate standards during the Base period.

Within the requirements (functional, performance, and interface) and standards of Attachment F, for “TBR” (To Be Resolved) values, the Offeror should assume the TBR value. Where necessary to enable establishing a firm-fixed price, Offeror shall provide assumptions, including rationale, used regarding TBRs.

4.3.3 xEVAS Suits Approach Due to the current on-going xEVAS Task Order competitive process, Offerors shall engage with NASA points of contact in the HLS and EVA Human Surface Mobility Programs (EHP) until the task orders are awarded regarding xEVAS hardware, interfaces, delivery dates, etc. The POCs are listed below:

Program POC Email HLS Byron Bartlow byron.bartlow@nasa.gov EHP Stephanie Flint stephanie.m.flint@nasa.gov

Once task orders are awarded, Offerors may engage with the xEVAS Artemis provider(s) as permitted by company policy and the HLS Program.

Offerors shall include the Contracting Officer and/or hq-hls-baa@mail.nasa.gov in all correspondence related to xEVAS Suits.

4.4 Required Proposal Content

The proposal shall fully demonstrate that the Offeror understands and can successfully perform the requirements of this solicitation (including, but not limited to, Attachment F – HLS Requirements) and has a thoughtful, comprehensive, and feasible approach for doing so on its proposed schedule and in accordance with its proposed milestone payment schedule. In particular, the proposal shall fully explain and demonstrate how the Offeror will successfully design and develop all aspects of its HLS, as well as how the Offeror will achieve verification of requirements for human rating for its complete HLS Integrated Lander in order to execute and successfully complete the LOCR by NASA’s goal timeline of January 2028.

The Offeror’s proposed approach should be specific, detailed, and contain sufficient information to clearly and completely convey the Offeror’s understanding of the requirements and address the inherent risks associated with the objectives of this effort. The Offeror’s proposal should comprehensively explain how the Offeror proposes to comply with the applicable requirements.

Stating that the Offeror understands and will comply with the requirements, or paraphrasing the requirements, is inadequate for purposes of proposal submission. General statements such as:

“[Offeror] can or will comply with the requirements;” “Standard procedures will be used;” “Well-known techniques will be used;” or statements that paraphrase any requirement of this solicitation without further exposition will be considered inadequate and do not demonstrate or constitute compliance with this solicitation. Proposals that suffer from these flaws run the risk of being evaluated negatively by the Government.

Offerors should not assume the Government has prior knowledge of their facilities and experience.

Information previously submitted through other efforts and contracts will be considered by the Government only if it is resubmitted and explained in the Offeror’s proposal. The Offeror’s proposal shall be assembled in a format that addresses all Areas of Focus contained within these instructions in the order they are described and requested below.

4.4.1 Title Page

In addition to any other content deemed appropriate by the Offeror (e.g., corporate graphic or logo), the Title Page of the proposal shall contain the following content:

• Full name and mailing address of the firm submitting the proposal;

• The Offeror’s Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code;

• The Offeror’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI);

• Date of the proposal;

• The solicitation number and Appendix to which the proposal is responding;

• The Offeror’s name of the proposal or proposed project;

• Any Notice of Restriction on Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information;

• A statement that the proposal is valid for one hundred and eighty (180) days from date of submission;

• A statement that the Offeror agrees with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and agrees to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item;

• Name, title, e-mail address, and phone number of one or more individuals authorized to negotiate on the Offeror’s behalf with the Government in connection with this solicitation; and

• Name, title, and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal. Proposals signed by an agent shall be accompanied by evidence of that agent’s authority unless that evidence has been previously furnished to the issuing office.

4.4.2 Executive Summary

In addition to any other content deemed appropriate by the Offeror (e.g., corporate graphic or logo), the Executive Summary of the proposal shall contain the following content:

• An overview of the proposed effort; and

• A description of the proposal’s prominent and distinguishing features

The Executive Summary shall not be marked as restricted or limited release data.

4.4.3 Volume I: Technical

The Offeror’s proposal shall contain a Volume I: Technical describing its understanding of and approach to developing an HLS that addresses all of the technical requirements of this solicitation. Volume I shall demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the required systems engineering processes, procedures, and tools to successfully perform the tasks on schedule, and a clear understanding of current NASA requirements, policies, and procedures affecting that task. Offerors are responsible for submitting a complete, consistent, and comprehensive technical proposal that addresses this solicitation’s requirements, but shall ensure that at a minimum, the proposal addresses the following Technical Areas of Focus. NASA will assess the merit of each Offeror’s proposal through these established Technical Areas of Focus. Technical Areas of Focus are not listed in order of importance.