OMES III Draft RFP Cover Letter 1-21-22.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

January 21, 2022

Reply to Attn of: 210.M

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R0046, for

Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) III

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Omnibus Multidiscipline

Engineering Services (OMES) III solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide support to the NASA/GSFC Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD). ETD is an end-to-end science mission operation that is instrumental in designing missions, building satellites and instruments, operating and controlling spacecraft, and acquiring and distributing data to the world-wide science community. ETD is responsible for providing multidiscipline engineering expertise to all projects within GSFC, in addition to in-house and out-of-house instrument and spacecraft programs, including the Joint Polar Satellite System

(JPSS) program and NASA’s Exploration and In-space Services (NExIS) projects division.

The purpose of the OMES III contract is to provide multidiscipline engineering support services and related work to JPSS, NExIS, ETD engineering divisions (Mechanical Systems, Instrument Systems and Technology, Electrical, Software, and Mission Engineering and

Systems Analysis), and related organizations, as required, for the study, design, systems engineering, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, and operations of space flight, airborne, and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions. The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work. Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements and are also encouraged to comment on the clarity of the Representative Task

Order (RTO) requirements and their ability to effectively complete the Government Pricing

Model (GPM) Cost Volume, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF) Indefinite Delivery

Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirement with the ability to issue CPFF task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years from the contract effective date.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

541715 and the small business size standard is 1000 employees.

Potential offerors should ensure its company is listed in the online database(s) for the following:

(1) System for award management: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

(2) U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, VETS-4212

Reports: https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/

The successful offeror must pass an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) clearance before contract award (See FAR 22.805).

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about

April 11, 2022, with proposals being due approximately 30 calendar days later.

The anticipated contract award date is April 14, 2023, with a June 13, 2023 contract effective date. The contract will be performed onsite at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

The following additional information is provided to assist in understanding this acquisition:

1. A Phase-in period will be conducted under a separate contract or purchase order during the 60-day period prior to the effective date of the contract.

2. The Government will make available existing Installation-Accountable Government

Property (IAGP) for onsite contract performance and Government Furnished Property

(GFP) for offsite use at the Contractor’s facility as described in the DRFP.

3. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to NFS clause 1852.209-71

Limitation of Future Contracting, for a description of the potential conflict(s) and any restrictions on future contracting.

Due to potential organizational conflicts of interest, NASA will provide potential offerors the opportunity to submit their OCI mitigation strategies after the draft RFP is released. Offerors are encouraged to provide mitigation strategies addressing potential Organizational Conflicts of Interests (OCI) identified in L.25, Notice of

Potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest, of the Draft RFP. Offerors should submit their strategies via e-mail to the Contracting Officer by February 11, 2022.

Feedback on the Offerors’ draft mitigation strategies will be provided before the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal. Offerors will not be considered

“ineligible” from competition if mitigation strategies are not provided at this point, prior to the proposal submission. However, all OCI areas identified in the solicitation will be considered in the proposal evaluation, based on the final solicitation instructions and evaluation criteria.

4. Please note a Top Secret facilities clearance is required for this acquisition in accordance with the DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification.

Interested vendors shall have an established Top Secret facilities clearance at the time of proposal submittal for performance of this contract and this clearance shall be maintained throughout the life of the contract. For proposals submitted as Joint

Ventures, the facility clearance must be granted in the name of the Joint Venture and the joint venture CAGE code shall be provided.

5. Proposals for this solicitation are required to be submitted through NASA’s

Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Box (EFSS Box), a FedRAMP Moderate certified platform. Potential offerors, especially those that have not previously submitted a proposal utilizing NASA’s EFSS Box, are encouraged to review the solicitation instruction entitled “Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery

Through NASA’s EFSS Box” which provides instructions related to the submission of proposal via EFSS Box. Offerors are encouraged to check with their corporate IT staff to determine if there are firewall restrictions that would need to be addressed prior to the submission of proposal files through NASA’s EFSS Box.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/bidders library will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.SAM.gov. Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates.

The OMES III online Reference Library can be found at www.SAM.gov, Notice ID

80GSFC21R0046-elibrary

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The

Ombudsman for this acquisition is Raymond “Ray” Rubilotta, Associate Director, Raymond.j.rubilotta@nasa.gov, 301-286-5867.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to procure or contract for this requirement.

This request is not an authorization to proceed, and does not authorize payment for any charges incurred by the offeror for performing any of the work called for in this solicitation.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Tasha

Williams, Contracting Officer, at tasha.williams@nasa.gov, by February 11, 2022. If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately. However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP. Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation. The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for

Proposal (RFP).

Tasha Williams

Contracting Officer

Enclosure:

Draft RFP 80GSFC21R0046