Engineering Services for Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture (RPOC)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) is seeking capability statements from all interested small businesses, including Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business capabilities for specialized rendezvous and proximity operations engineering services. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto.

A summary of the JSC requirements are attached to this notice.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541330, Engineering Services, with a size standard of $16,500,000.

Estimated award date for this contract is September 2022. The estimated award amount is $30,000,000 to $35,000,000; and over $7,000,000 per year, for five years.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the requirements attached should submit a capability statement of five pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein.

Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), Woman-owned, Veteran Owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Historically Underutilized Business Zone and Historically Black Colleges and Universities)/Minority Institutions; list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement). The response may also include suggestions for specific contract structures or types that would allow JSC to meet or exceed the attached requirements while reducing overall cost. Technical questions should be directed to: Bryan Evans, bryan.m.evans@nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Brian Rosario, brian.rosario@nasa.gov, and John Carpentier, john.r.carpentier@nasa.gov.

A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. NASA intends to publicize a listing of respondents in order to facilitate teaming arrangements. Should your firm desire not to be included in this listing, clearly indicate this desire in your response.

All responses shall be submitted to Brian Rosario, brian.rosario@nasa.gov, and John Carpentier, john.r.carpentier@nasa.gov, no later than November 5, 2021 at 4:00pm CST. Please reference 80JSC022RPOCV in any response.