BD-SEB-16-206_-_RPOC_IV__RFP_cover-letter.pdf

Reply to Attn of: BD-SEB-16-206

TO: PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS

FROM: BH4/Contracting Officer

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP) NNJ16582596R Engineering Services for

Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Capture (RPOC) IV Contract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Lyndon B. Johnson Space

Center (JSC), is hereby issuing the final RFP for qualified firms that meet the classification described below for the RPOC IV contract. The final RFP replaces the draft RFP.

RPOC IV is a total set aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this procurement are 541330 and $15 million, respectively.

Offerors are advised to read all requirements contained herein and in the RFP. The following information should be considered in proposal preparation.

ACQUISITION STRUCTURE HIGHLIGHTS:

The RPOC IV procurement will provide engineering services (research, analysis, design, development, integration, verification, test, evaluation, and operations support) supporting

Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C), system engineering, and rendezvous and proximity operations initiatives.

The RPOC IV acquisition will be conducted as Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity

(IDIQ) type Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) procurement. Authorization to perform work under the RPOC IV contract will be through the issuance of a CPFF Task Order in accordance with Clause 2.A.12, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

1852.216-80 (OCT 1996), TASK ORDERING PROCEDURE.

The minimum contract value will be $100,000, and the maximum contract value will not exceed $20,000,000.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

2101 NASA Parkway Houston, Texas 77058-3696

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The RPOC IV contract will have a base period of five (5) years with no options. The anticipated period of performance is May 19, 2017, through May 18, 2022. This period of performance does not include phase-in period of 45 days.

ELECTRONIC ACCESS:

The RFP, a technical library, and other information about this solicitation can be accessed electronically at the following address:

[http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/rpoc/]

PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall include the Offeror’s name and complete address, including street, city, county, state, and 9-digit zip code. Also, include the telephone and fax numbers and the e-mail address of the contact person responsible for the proposal.

Offerors are required to have a CAGE code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal. Insert the company’s CAGE code in Block 15A on Standard Form (SF)

33. Block 15A will appear next to the name and address of Offeror.

Offerors must deliver their proposal in accordance with Section L-7, PROPOSAL

MARKING AND DELIVERY

Section K, Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors, and

Volume III Past Performance, and the Past Performance Questionnaires are due at

NASA/JSC no later than 1:00 p.m., Central Standard Time on November 14, 2016.

Proposals are due at NASA/JSC no later than 3:00 p.m., Central Standard Time on

November 28, 2016.

In accordance with the proposal instructions in Section L, the proposals are to be submitted

Electronically Only via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) system (www.fbo.gov).

Proposals that arrive after the prescribed time for receipt of proposals will be considered late and treated in accordance with FAR 52.215-1, “Instructions to Offerors-Competitive

Acquisitions.”

COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE RFP:

Where an offeror chooses to request, from a civil service employee, that a past performance questionnaire be submitted on its behalf for any key personnel, please be advised that a

Limited Communications Notice (LCN) has been issued in conjunction with this solicitation. The LCN directs that all civil service personnel at JSC shall refrain from http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/rpoc/

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communication with industry on any matters related to this competitive procurement.

Therefore, civil servants will be unable to provide status to the offeror or communicate in any other fashion with the offeror about past performance request.

All questions and comments related to the enclosed RFP shall be submitted via e-mail directly to the Contracting Officer in accordance with L.10, Communications Regarding this Solicitation.

Offerors shall submit all questions by 3:00 p.m., Central Standard Time on October 31, 2016. Answers to questions will be posted to the RPOC IV acquisition website through an amendment to this solicitation.

AMENDMENTS TO THE RFP:

It is the Offerors responsibility to monitor the acquisition website at the following web address for any changes to the schedule or posting of amendments to this RFP:

[http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/rpoc/]

The Offeror’s are encouraged to ensure that they have submitted the required documentation and their company is listed on the on-line database for the following.

System for Award Management: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

EEO National Pre-Award Registry: https://ofccp.dolesa.gov/preaward/pa_reg.html

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

Thank you for your interest and participation.

Anna Carter

Contracting Officer

Enclosure http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/rpoc/