ALICE_Cover_Letter_(7-5-2016).pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, Texas 77058-3696

Reply to Attn of : BD-SEB-16-125

TO: Prospective Offerors

FROM: BR3/Contracting Officer

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) NNJ16556087R

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), and Langley Research Center (LaRC) would like to thank you for your interest in the Aircraft Maintenance, Logistics, Integration, Configuration Management, and Engineering (ALICE) procurement.

The enclosed ALICE DRFP, NNJ16556087R, contains the Government’s requirements, applicable terms and conditions, and detailed proposal instructions. The purpose of the DRFP is to inform interested vendors about the requirements and to solicit input about the terms, conditions, and requirements.

ALICE will be procured as a total Small Business set-aside and has been assigned North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 488190, Other Support Activities for Air Transportation. The Small Business size standard for this NAICS code is $32.5 million.

The ALICE procurement will be conducted as a single-award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite- Quantity type procurement with baseline content. Authorization to perform work under the ALICE contract will be through the issuance of Cost-Plus-Award-Fee, Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Task Orders. The Task Order requirements shall be priced utilizing the labor categories and proposed rates in Section B, Clause B.3.2, and “FULLY BURDENED RATE TABLE.”

The Government anticipates a 5-year period of performance including two option period(s).

The JSC phase-in period is anticipated to be 61 days beginning April 1, 2017. The LaRC phase-in period is anticipated to be 16 days beginning May 15, 2017.

The Government uses “to be determined” to designate a Government Fill-In and uses “OFI” to designate an Offeror Fill-In required for the model contract throughout the DRFP.

The ALICE procurement may give rise to an organizational conflict of interest. Therefore, Offerors must submit an acceptable mitigation plan in accordance with DRD-M20 entitled, “Organizational Conflict of Interest Avoidance Plan,” and accept a reasonable limitation on

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future contracting in accordance NFS clause 1852.209-71, “H.14 LIMITATION OF FUTURE CONTRACTING,” to be eligible for award.

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation clause 52.204-2, Security Requirements, and NFS clause 1852.204-75, Security Classification Requirements, it is anticipated that all Offerors shall possess a Facility Clearance (FCL) at the time of proposal submission and provide documentation of current FCL. Note: Classified information (e.g., past performance) will not be accepted.

Offerors should ensure that their company is listed in the following on-line databases:

• System for Award Management: https://www.sam.gov

• VETS 4212: http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm

• Data Universal Numbering System: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform

• EEO National Pre-Award Registry: https://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/preaward-pa_reg.html

The ALICE electronic Technical Reference Library (TRL), containing applicable documents and information regarding this procurement, is available at:

http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/alice/

To gain access to TRL, click the “Technical Library” link and follow the instructions for requesting access.

All questions and comments related to the enclosed DRFP shall be submitted in writing via the “Anonymous Questions to the Contracting Officer and Feedback” link on the ALICE website listed above, or directly to the Contracting Officer at justin.a.mason@nasa.gov.

Please title the note, "Questions/Comments-ALICE DRFP" in the block and make sure to include the e-mail, name, and daytime phone number of the person submitting questions or comments. Offerors shall submit all questions by close of business, August 8, 2016.

Answers to all questions and comments will be posted to FedBizopps and to the ALICE procurement website listed above.

The Government will not respond to questions for information that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.

Please note that the DRFP is not an official solicitation and potential Offerors should not submit a proposal in response thereto. If the Government issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the ALICE procurement, Offerors should submit their proposals according to the instructions contained therein which may be different from the information in this DRFP.

Issuance of this DRFP in no way obligates the Government to issue any official solicitation or award any contract. If this procurement proceeds to an RFP, do NOT propose based on the language in this DRFP. The RFP will completely supersede and replace this DRFP.

https://www.sam.gov/ http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform https://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/preaward-pa_reg.html http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/alice/

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Questions and responses to the DRFP will be separated from and have no bearing on the subsequent evaluation of proposals submitted in response to any resulting RFP. The use of ideas, questions, and comments to structure the RFP is at the discretion of the Government.

Eligibility to participate in a future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice. An offeror's comments in response to this draft RFP will be considered in the development of a final RFP; however, these comments will not be evaluated (either positively or negatively) as part of the Government's evaluation of proposals submitted in response to a final RFP (if issued).

The Offerors shall not use the DRFP to market their products/services. The DRFP does not commit the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government for costs incurred in the preparation and submittal of proposals in anticipation of a contract or comments in response to this DRFP.

If you have any questions, please contact me at: justin.a.mason@nasa.gov. Thank you for your interest and participation in this procurement.

Justin A. Mason Contracting Officer

Enclosures Draft RFP NNJ16556087R