ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain Industry Day Presentation.pdf

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (ProTech) 2.0

Satellite Domain Industry Day

July 29, 2021

N A T I O N A L O C E A N I C A N D A T M O S P H E R I C A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

• Welcome / Administrative Remarks

• Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) Opening Remarks

– Mr. Jeffrey Thomas, Director of AGO

• NESDIS Opening Remarks

– Dr. Stephen Volz, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation & Prediction; Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services

• ProTech Program Overview

– Mr. Jay Standring, ProTech Branch Chief/Program Manager

• Satellite Domain Overview

– Ms. Erika Chavarria, ACO for Oceans Domain and CS for ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain

• ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain Draft RFP Review

– Mr. Pierre Smith, ACO for Weather Domain and CO for ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain

– Dr. Edward “Mike” Baker, COR and Account Manager for ProTech Satellite Domain

• Questions and Answers

• Closing Remarks

Agenda

• This Industry Day event is part of the planning process

– A final Request for Proposals (RFP) has not been issued for any Domain

– All acquisition-related information is subject to change

• Use the chat to submit questions; a short Q&A session will follow the briefings today

• An attendee list and electronic copies of each presentation/questions will be posted to the SAM.gov posting and the ProTech Website

Administrative Info

07/29/2021

NOAA Acquisition & Grants Office (AGO) Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (ProTech) Satellite 2.0 Domain Industry Day Jeffrey Thomas, AGO Director http://www.noaa.gov/ http://www.noaa.gov/marine-aviation http://www.noaa.gov/research http://www.noaa.gov/satellites http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries http://www.noaa.gov/oceans-coasts http://www.noaa.gov/weather

Department of Commerce // National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration // 5

NOAA’s Mission Today Science, service and stewardship:

● To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts;

● To share that knowledge and information with others; and

● To conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.

http://www.noaa.gov/marine-aviation http://www.noaa.gov/research http://www.noaa.gov/satellites http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries http://www.noaa.gov/oceans-coasts http://www.noaa.gov/weather https://www.commerce.gov/ http://www.noaa.gov/

Department of Commerce // National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration // 6

FY 2020 Execution and Management http://www.noaa.gov/marine-aviation http://www.noaa.gov/research http://www.noaa.gov/satellites http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries http://www.noaa.gov/oceans-coasts http://www.noaa.gov/weather

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Clients and Partners - Industry Acquisition: In 2020, approximately 3,000 suppliers, over 65% small businesses http://www.noaa.gov/marine-aviation http://www.noaa.gov/research http://www.noaa.gov/satellites http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries http://www.noaa.gov/oceans-coasts http://www.noaa.gov/weather

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Acquisition Program Strategy

● Alignment of acquisition program with programmatic areas

● Build strong partnership with industry

○ Commitment to Small Business/Socioeconomic programs

● Leverage Strategic Sourcing and Bests in Class Contracts

○ Mission based Strategic Sourcing Strategy

■ ProTech

■ NMITS

■ DOC/GSA

● Adopt innovative acquisition techniques to accelerate acquisition http://www.noaa.gov/marine-aviation http://www.noaa.gov/research http://www.noaa.gov/satellites http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries http://www.noaa.gov/oceans-coasts http://www.noaa.gov/weather

Department of Commerce // National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration // 9

ProTech

• The current ProTech program is half-way through the original periods of performance. Awarded Task Orders across all four Domains is just under $1B (shared ceiling of $3B).

• Four Domains - Satellite, Fisheries, Oceans, and Weather, with multiple award ID/IQ contracts, will be awarded under the “ProTech 2.0” program, dovetailed to the end of the current ProTech contracts.

• Transparency has been (and will remain) a key focus of the ProTech program.

http://www.noaa.gov/marine-aviation http://www.noaa.gov/research http://www.noaa.gov/satellites http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries http://www.noaa.gov/oceans-coasts http://www.noaa.gov/weather

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“ProTech 2.0”

• The “ProTech 2.0” program will include a longer period of performance (10 year total) to allow for performance stability and encourage long-term solutions. Total shared ceiling is $8B.

• The Satellite 2.0 Domain ID/IQ awards will be a total Small Business Set Aside effort. Following Domains have not yet been decided.

• The program will continue to allow “teaming-on-the-fly”, where Prime awardees can pursue any Task Order in their Domain, and add to their team if they choose, to do so.

http://www.noaa.gov/marine-aviation http://www.noaa.gov/research http://www.noaa.gov/satellites http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries http://www.noaa.gov/oceans-coasts http://www.noaa.gov/weather

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Summary

• ProTech continues to be the mandatory source for professional, scientific and technical services for NOAA, and for DOC where applicable.

• Building on the success of the current ProTech program, the “ProTech 2.0” Domain contracts will provide NOAA with long-term partners and solutions to the challenges we face in the future.

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ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain

Recompete Virtual Industry

Stephen Volz, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service July 29, 2021

Agenda

2NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information

▪ Administration Priorities

▪ Accomplishments

▪ Budget Overview

▪ Why Now Matters

▪ Four Pillars of NESDIS

▪ Meeting the Challenge of Service Delivery

Administration Priorities This budget supports the Administration and NOAA’s goal of scaling up efforts to research and mitigate impacts of the climate crisis through investments in the following climate focused themes:

• Research

• Observations and forecasting

• Restoration and resilience

• Ecologically sound offshore wind development

• Equity

It also includes additional in fleet support and satellites to ensure the continuity of vital observations, and space weather observations and prediction services to protect critical infrastructure.

Administration Priorities

Budget increases are described ahead in the following themes:

• Climate:

• Research: $149.3 million

• Observations and Forecasting: $368.2 million

• Restoration and Resilience: $259.3 million

• Offshore Wind: $20.4 million

• Equity: $57.9 million

• Fleet: $101 million

• Satellites: $468.4 million (for NESDIS topline of $2.0 billion)

• Space Weather: $5 million

● Successfully met major satellite mission requirements without interruptions to operations despite COVID-19 challenges, including

▪ Safe and continuous operations of NOAA and DMSP satellite fleets;

▪ Essential preparations for GOES-T launch in Dec 2021;

▪ Integration & testing for JPSS-2 launch in 2022; and

▪ Awarded all major SWFO L-1 contracts to enable preparation for launch in 2025.

● Awarded 32 Broad Agency Announcement contracts for instrument and mission concept studies for Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) and low Earth orbit (LEO) to advance critical mission developments starting now.

● Implemented Operational Secure Ingest Service (OSIS) within the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework; began to operationally ingest and disseminate JMA Himawari-8 data.

● Released the Commercial Weather Data Pilot Round 2 report and started operational commercial data purchases in support of operational weather forecasting.

● Published new, streamlined regulations on licensing of private remote sensing space systems to improve U.S. competitiveness.

FY 2020 NESDIS Accomplishments

Above: GOES-T lowered into the thermal vacuum chamber at Lockheed Martin in

Littleton, CO.

Above: Artist rendering of NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO- L1) measuring a coronal mass ejection event.

FY 2022 NESDIS Budget Overview

● FY 2022 President’s Budget requests a total of $2,029.0 million and 800 FTE/ 844 positions for the National

Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS); reflecting a net increase of $515.2 million from FY 2021 Enacted:

○ -$0.6 million for Technical Adjustments

○ +$8.2 million for Calculated Inflationary Adjustments

○ +$2.6 million to restore funds reprogrammed in FY 2021 to support WCOSS and G550

○ +$504.9 million in Narrative Program Changes from FY 2021 PB

● With this request, NESDIS proposes to:

○ Support NOAA’s current satellite constellation and enable time critical program development for the next generation of satellite observing and ground systems that will deliver assets in 2030 to 2050;

○ Transition to an integrated and adaptable portfolio observing system and program management structure for major systems development.

○ Accelerate product service delivery to meet established customer needs, and to develop enhanced products to meet climate service needs.

○ Enable NOAA to better understand and forecast across weather, seasonal, and climatic timescales to deliver products and services for decision-makers, as described in Weather Act Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (P.L.115-25) and National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L.115-423).

○ Leverage and foster interagency, commercial, and international partnerships for observations and critical technology development, particularly in low Earth orbit.

○ Exploit information technology, such as cloud and artificial intelligence to enable expansion of the size and diversity of NOAA’s user community.

○ Conduct essential system cost vs performance trades to define the NOAA observing system that can fit within a flat $2.0 billion budget starting in FY 2022 with no outyear increases other than government-wide inflation assumptions.

FY 2022 NOAA Satellites

○ Transition to an integrated and adaptable portfolio observing system and program management structure

○ Initiate time critical program development for next generation geostationary and space weather satellite observations

■ Support Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) development to ensure these critical assets are in place by the early 2030s

■ Initiate Space Weather Next (SWNext) to sustain, improve, extend and mitigate potential gaps in observations to support NOAA space weather forecast operations

○ Leverage and foster interagency, commercial, and international partnerships for observations and critical technology development, particularly in low Earth Orbit (LEO) domain

○ Exploit information technology, such as cloud and artificial intelligence via Common Ground Services to enable expansion of NOAA’s user community.

■ Continue leveraging non-NOAA partner and commercial data sources and to provide the IT infrastructure to securely ingest, generate science products, distribute, and archive data.

○ Accelerate enhanced product service delivery to meet customer and today’s climate service needs.

FY 2022 NESDIS Summary FY 2022 President’s Budget request provides $2,029.0 million for NESDIS, which will:

● Evolve to a more integrated and adaptable portfolio budget structure;

● Support investments toward the next generation of satellite observing and ground systems that will deliver space assets in 2030 to 2050;

● Leverage and foster interagency, commercial, and international partnerships to continue to deliver and evolve a resilient and high-performing observing system;

● Continue operations and sustainment, data management, and systems acquisition for current satellite programs to meet NOAA’s mission;

● Support EO 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, to help

NOAA better understand climate change-related trends and patterns, and deliver products, information, and climate services to inform decision makers;

● Exploit information technology trends, such as cloud and artificial intelligence;

and,

● Provide a NESDIS observing system that accommodates a flat line budget with no outyear increases other than government-wide inflation assumptions.

Why Now: More Storms, More Severity

9NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NOAA’S Earth observations support weather forecasts valued at $315 billion to the nation’s economy, protecting and improving weather-vulnerable industries such as farming, shipping, and utilities.

Crisis Response and Economic Recovery

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Top: Coral Reef Watch bleaching alert, December 2020 - January

Bottom left: Oregon and California Fires, Sept. 7-9, 2020

Bottom right: Fog at San Francisco International Airport, March 2017

NESDI

S

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NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES: NOAA’s Evolution away from “Two Orbits, One Mission”

Demand and Opportunity Shaping an Earth Observation Architecture for 2030-2050

Epoch:

Intensifying demand for timelier and more accurate extreme weather predictions, delivered in faster, user-friendly ways as climate changes.

Increasing value in environmental assessments and projections to inform long-term land-use, infrastructure and commercial investments.

Rapid rise in launch & remote-sensing capability of U.S. aerospace industry and strategic partners.

Accelerating innovation in ground systems:

AI, quantum computing, data science, modeling.

Old Paradigm of “Two Orbits, One Mission” Originated in 1970’s, continued through 2016

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FY

NESDIS Programs of Record

NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information

We Are In a Golden Age of Earth Observations

FY

Operational

Research

Commercial

Plus EUMETSAT, JMA, Copernicus, and our WMO partners

NOAA’s Next-Gen Earth Observation Strategy

Continuous real-time observations supporting warnings and watches of severe weather and hour-by-hour changes. High-inclination orbits to observe northern latitude & polar regions.

Miniaturized instruments on small, lower cost, and proliferated satellites and partner data improving forecasts through better and additional data.

Better precipitation forecasts, wave height predictions, ocean currents, and more.

Secure ingest of data in different formats from different partners requires a flexible, scalable platform. Common Services approach integrates cloud, AI, and machine-learning capabilities to verify, calibrate, and fuse data into new and better products and services.

Reliably monitoring coronal mass ejections from L1, GEO, and LEO can protect the nation’s valuable, vulnerable infrastructure. New capabilities at L5 and high earth orbit can provide additional insight and improve forecasts.

LEO GEO

Common Ground Services

Space Weather

Integrated, Adaptable, and Affordable: Orbits, Instruments & Systems

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FY 2022 NESDIS PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST

($ in Thousands)

FY 2021

Enacted FY 2022 Base

FY 2022

Program Changes

FY 2022

PB

Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) 187,118 191,912 10,981 202,893 Product Development, Readiness & Application (PDR&A) 28,287 29,091 20,652 49,743 Office of Space Commerce (OSC) 10,000 10,000 0 10,000 US Group on Earth Observations (USGEO) 500 500 500 1,000 National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) 63,040 65,126 22,960 88,086 Total, NESDIS - ORF 288,945 296,629 55,093 351,722 Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) N/A 344,500 456,000 800,500

Geostationary Systems – R (GOES-R) 334,500 334,500 1,000 335,500 Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) 10,000 10,000 455,000 465,000

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) N/A 678,127 (165,397) 512,730 Polar Weather Satellites (PWS) 657,835 657,835 (252,835) 405,000 LEO Weather Satellites N/A 0 78,330 78,330 POES Extension N/A 0 20,000 20,000 Cooperative Data and Rescue Services (CDARS) 14,400 14,400 (13,100) 1,300

COSMIC 2/GNSS RO 5,892 5,892 2,208 8,100

Space Weather Observations (SWO) N/A 114,721 93,785 208,506 SWO Base N/A 6,606 6,606 6,606 Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) 108,115 108,115 38,785 146,900 Space Weather Next N/A 0 55,000 55,000

Projects, Planning and Analysis (PPA) 15,945 0 0 0 Common Ground Services (CGS) 39,287 48,626 25,007 73,633

CGS Base 34,272 43,611 43,611 43,611 Data-source Agnostic Common Services (DACS) 5,015 5,015 25,007 30,022

Systems/Services Architecture & Engineering (SAE) 38,500 38,500 43,000 81,500 Satellite CDA Facilities 2,450 2,450 0 2,450 Transfer to OIG (2,000) (2,000) 0 (2,000) Total, NESDIS - PAC 1,224,924 1,224,924 452,395 1,677,319

GRAND TOTAL NESDIS 1,513,869 1,521,553 507,488 2,029,041

LEO

CGS

SWO

GEO

Advancing Data Science and Information Services

TODAY’S GROUND SERVICE

• Single system data services

• Limited computing power Data Collected & Transmitted from Single Observation System

Development of Products &

Services

Delivery to NOAA Users

Forecasts, Warnings, Watches

TOMORROW’S GROUND SERVICE

• Secure ingest for all data types

• Powered by AI, data science

• High performance computing capability, cloud transition & hosting for data storage, stewardship & access

Data Collected & Transmitted from Multiple Sources:

International, Commercial, USGS Partners

Cloud-based Data Stewardship, Supercomputing

Capability

Development of New Products & Services

Delivered in New Ways to More Users

Data Integration

NOAA is moving to a

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Meeting the Challenge of Service Delivery

Climate Equity

• In FY22, NOAA will support EO 13985 through an investment of $57.9 million in cutting-edge climate forecasting and service delivery coupled with a robust approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. NOAA will:

• Improve and expand communication efforts, tools, and services to help underserved communities better prepare for and respond to extreme weather and climate disasters.

• Accelerate efforts to attract, retain and develop talent from diverse backgrounds through STEM recruitment from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).

• Accelerate implementation of the Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan to leverage diversity to maximize the potential of individuals and NOAA.

NOAA Level:

External to NOAA

• NOAA’s FY22 budget supports EO 13985 through significant investments in more equitable services that support vulnerable communities to prepare for, adapt to, and become more resilient against climate change and its impacts. NOAA will:

• Invest in Service Equity Assessments of key services to address barriers to access.

• Scale our global and regional information products and services to state, county and local level, adapted to meet local environmental community needs

• Expand NOAA’s communication efforts, tools, and services through language translation, accessibility to learning events, technical assistance, and tutorials for data and tools.

• These efforts include Spanish-language translations of NWS forecasts and enhancing NOAA’s relevance to historically underserved communities with such products as the Drought Portal and NOS Digital Coast products such as the Sea Level Rise Viewer.

Internal to NOAA

• NOAA’s FY22 budget supports EO 13985 at NOAA's core. NOAA will accelerate efforts to attract, retain and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and strengthen its internal equity work. NOAA will:

• Increase STEM recruitment from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) with the use of data analytics and communication tools.

• Engage with these institutions through NOAA’s IT Fellowship Program, a new internship program focused on atmospheric sciences, the NOAA Corps, and other NOAA workforce training and development programs.

• Accelerate implementation of the Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan through training and outreach for staff, supervisors, and leaders.

• These investments in equity in our current and prospective workforce will allow NOAA to leverage diversity to provide better services to all Americans.

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NOAA & Partners: Addressing the Climate and Environmental Challenge

• Engaging with our users to better understand and meet their needs

• Working with our US partners, NASA and DOD, to exploit new and emerging technologies in new observing systems and refreshing Information Technology

• Expanding commercial and global partnerships to deliver a resilient and high-performing observing system

• Meeting the increasing demand for environmental information and data products tailored to multiple scales and for multiple communities with different needs

NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

THANK

YOU!

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Services Program (ProTech)

Jay Standring ProTech Branch Chief/Program Manager Corporate Services Acquisition Division

Acquisition and Grants Office https://www.protechservices.noaa.gov/

Protech 2.0 Milestone Schedule

Satellite Fisheries Oceans Weather

ProTech 1.0 End Date

Q3, FY 2022 Q4, FY 2023 Q2, FY 2024 Q1, FY 2025

ProTech 2.0 Start Date (est.)

Q1, FY 2023 Q4, FY 2023 Q2, FY 2024 Q1, FY 2025

ProTech 2.0 End Date (est.)

Q1, FY 2032 Q4, FY 2032 Q2, FY 2033 Q1, FY 2034

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Domain Page Detail

Erika Chavarria Contracting Officer, ProTech

Corporate Services Acquisition Division Acquisition and Grants Office https://www.protechservices.noaa.gov/

Satellite Domain Overview

Acquisition Goals

1. Support NESDIS mission with a cadre of highly proficient contractors

2. Enhance Small Business participation to support NOAA goals

3. Enable strategic partnering with vendors (“Teaming-on-the-Fly”) to bring even more industry expertise to NOAA

4. Support Department Category Management/Spend Under Management Initiatives

a. ProTech is a Tier 1 - Mandatory-Use Agency-wide Strategic

Sourcing Solution

Ordering Period: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2022 (Five Years)

Vendor Pool (at time of award): 23 Prime Awardees

• 18 Small/5 Large

NAICS: 541712 (1,000 Employee Size Standard)

# of Task Orders Awarded (as of Q3-FY21): 54

Total Value of Task Orders (as of Q3-FY21): approx. $600.5 Million

• Program Ceiling: $3 Billion

Task Order Set-Asides: 100% Small Business

ProTech 1.0 - Satellite Domain

Ordering Period: Ten Years

• One five-year base period, and one five-year option period

Program Ceiling (shared): $8 Billion

IDIQ Set-aside: 100% Total Small Business

• Further Set-Asides are authorized at the Task Order level

NAICS: 541715, Exception C (1,250 Employee Size Standard)

• Allows for enhanced capability and inclusion

Vendor Pool: approx. 12-25 Awardees, depending on PWS coverage

ProTech 2.0 - Satellite Domain

ProTech 2.0 Innovations

• Section C:

– Enhanced clarity of requirements (elements) in PWS

• Sections L & M:

– Highest Technically Rated with a Reasonable Price

– Use of Confidence Ratings (Low, Some, and High)

– Oral Presentations for Factor 2 (Mgmt Approach)

• Evaluation Streamlining:

– Advisory Down-Select (Two-Phase Approach)

– Creation of streamlined proposal and evaluation tools

– On-The-Spot Consensus Evaluations www.fai.gov/periodic-table http://www.fai.gov/periodic-table

Pierre Smith Contracting Officer, ProTech

Corporate Services Acquisition Division Acquisition and Grants Office https://www.protechservices.noaa.gov/

ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain Draft RFP Review

● The number of awards determined by:

○ Number of proposals;

○ Comprehensive services across the domain; and

○ Sufficiency for effective task order competition and contract administration

● Teaming

○ No requirement for exclusive teaming arrangements

● Niche/Specialty Firms

○ Similar to ProTech 1.0, niche firms will be evaluated equally with all other offerors in accordance with the criteria in Section M

○ No need to propose all elements in the PWS

● On and off-ramping

○ May be used as outlined in Section G

ProTech 2.0 Draft RFP Review

● FAR Part 15 Request for Proposals

● Best Value Methodology:

○ Highest Technically Rated Offeror with a Reasonable Price

● Evaluation Factors:

○ I - Relevant Technical Experience

○ II - Management Approach

○ III - Past Performance

○ IV - Cost/Price

ProTech 2.0 Draft RFP Review

The Government will assess its degree of confidence in an Offeror’s understanding of and capability to perform work that is relevant to the elements of the PWS.

Relevant Technical Experience is defined as professional, scientific, or technical performance that is focused on intelligence or environmental (earth and space) issues, and is comparable in scale and complexity to NOAA or NESDIS missions, projects, and programs.

Offerors are not required or expected to have relevant technical experience for every element

Factor I - Relevant Technical Experience

Phase 1 The Government will quantify the Offeror’s relevant technical experience and complete a quantitative ranking based on the level of depth and breadth in the Offeror’s self-assessment.

• Using the tool provided, Offerors are asked to perform a self-assessment of their Relevant Technical Experience for each element.

• Experience can come from the Prime or a teammate/subcontractor

• Integrity is important!

– Self-assessment selections will be validated in Phase 2

– Offerors are not required or expected to have relevant technical experience for every element

Factor I - Relevant

Phase 2 The Government will assess its degree of confidence in an Offeror’s understanding of and capability to perform work that is relevant to the elements of the PWS.

Submissions include:

• Completed Phase 2 tab of the tool

• Detailed descriptions for up to 20 relevant technical experience examples

Validation: All relevant technical experience examples must align accurately from Phase 1 through Phase 2

Factor 1 - Relevant

We will now pause for a demonstration of the Relevant Technical Experience Tool, provided by Dr. Mike Baker.

Tool Demo

● Will be conducted via an Oral Presentation outlining:

○ Organization

○ Task Order Management

○ Resources

○ Communications

○ Project Oversight

○ Teaming

○ Environmental Intelligence

○ Corporate Assets

To evaluate Factor II, the Government will review only the spoken information presented in the oral presentation. The slides to be submitted with the oral presentation WILL NOT BE EVALUATED for Management Approach.

Factor II - Management Approach

● Up to eight examples (at least three for prime)

● PP must be recent and related to one or more of the Relevant

Technical Experience examples cited in Volume II

● Recent = a project for which the period of performance is ongoing or ended within the past five years of the proposal submission date

● Relevant = a project that is similar in size, scope, and complexity to this requirement. The sizes for the majority of Satellite Domain Task Orders are between $1 million and $10 million

● Contract description and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) Reports

● Offerors responsible for past performance questionnaire submittals

Factor III - Past Performance (PP)

● Ceiling hourly rates should reflect the highest proposed rate at the highest cost location for each level within each labor category

● Ceiling hourly rates shall be fully burdened

● Evaluated for reasonableness

○ Rates will not be used to develop a price for each proposal that will be used to rank offerors from low to high

○ The offeror gains no advantage by bidding low ceiling rates

● The Government may seek clarifications or enter discussions to address concerns with reasonableness of proposed ceiling rates

Factor IV - Cost/Price

Schedule: RFP to Award

Milestone Description Estimated Date(s)

Draft RFP July 9, 2021 - August 6, 2021

Virtual Industry Day July 29, 2021

RFP Released October 12, 2021

Phase 1 Responses Due November 15, 2021

Advisory Down-Select Letters Issued December 2, 2021

Phase 2 Responses Due January 14, 2022

Award Contracts October, 2022

To ask a question of our presenters, please enter it in the Chat section.

We may not be able to answer all of your questions today. However, responses to all questions received today, and in response to the Draft RFP, will be posted publicly via SAM and the ProTech website.

Questions and Answers

Thank you for taking the time to join us!

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