Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3)

MODIFICATION 6

This is modification 6 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following document is posted:

1.  80JSC022ECO3 dRFP Q-A - Round 2.pdf

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 6)

MODIFICATION 5

This is modification 5 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following document is posted:

1.  80JSC022ECO3 dRFP Q-A responses.pdf

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 5)

MODIFICATION 4

This is Modification 4 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following changes are made:

1. The Technical Resource Library (TRL) has been updated. 

To request access to the ECO3 TRL folders, you must have a login for sam.gov. Once logged in, click the request access button for each of the folders in the Attachments/Links section and follow the instructions, “Obtaining Access to Export Controlled Content” and return the requested information to the Contracting Officer via email at jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 4)

MODIFICATION 3

This is Modification 3 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following changes are made:

1. The ECO3 draft Request for Proposal (dRFP) and associated documents have been posted.
2. All comments or questions shall be submitted electronically via email to Elizabeth Tapia and Regenia Goldsmith at jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov, no later than June 22, 2022 at 12:00PM MDT. When responding, reference ECO3 dRFP – 80JSC022R0011.
3. The Technical Resource Library (TRL) is available and will continuously be updated.  To request access to the ECO3 TRL folders, you must have a login for sam.gov.  Once logged in, click the request access button for each of the folders in the Attachments/Links section and follow the instructions, “Obtaining Access to Export Controlled Content”. 

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

OBTAINING ACCESS TO EXPORT CONTROLLED CONTENT

Individuals requesting access to the export-controlled scientific and technical information must provide the following information to the Contracting Officer through an authorized manager of their company’s Security or Human Resources Offices.  That authorized individual shall verify that the information provided to NASA is correct, complete, and accurate.  Companies are responsible for ensuring their compliance with all U.S. export regulations:

1. Full Company Name:
2. Company Address
3. Is this a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States? Yes [  ]   No [  ]
4. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code
5. Company Security or Human Resources Point of contact(s) providing/verifying information about the individual requesting access
   1. Name and Title
   2. Phone Number
   3. e-mail
6. List the names of all individuals requesting access to the export-controlled data including:
   1. Name
   2. the  individual named above  is [  ] or is not [  ] a U.S. person  as defined in Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 120.15
   3. If the individual is not a U.S. person what is their citizenship? _________

ALTERNATE 6b:  Citizenship:   Specify Citizenship [  ]

Non-U.S. Persons must list any other countries to which individual claims citizenship __________

List Place of Birth: _______________

All foreign nationals from designated countries covered by a Programmatic Technology Transfer Control Plan (P-TTCP) or requiring access to export-controlled information are required to have an Individual Technology Transfer Control Plan (I-TTCP) with a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).  Foreign nationals from non-designated countries requiring access to export-controlled information covered by a P-TTCP are required to comply with the International Partner or Foreign National Certification contained in the P-TTCP.

Point of Emphasis:

The Company is responsible for ensuring compliance with the export regulations.

Points of Contacts:

Organization Export Control Representative if assigned.

(End of Modification 3)

MODIFICATION 2

This is modification 2 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3), 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  You are notified that the followings documents are posted:

1.) Industry One-on-One Questions and Answers

2.) ECO3 Interested Parties List

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 2)

MODIFICATION 1 

This is modification 1 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  The due date for modification 1 actions is extended as indicated below.  The Sources Sought response due date is not extended and remains unchanged.   You are notified that the following three (3) changes are made:

1.   Industry Bulletin

In lieu of an Industry Day, an Industry Bulletin has been added to include a virtual tour of the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Environmental Program. 

2.   Virtual One-on-One Meetings, Registration, and Questions

The intent is to meet with Industry early in the process to help develop an understanding of the Government’s current vision and objectives and provide an opportunity for Industry to provide input into the ECO3 procurement strategy.   

Virtual One-on-One Meetings

To facilitate interactive communications with industry, WSTF personnel will be available for virtual One-on-One meetings with individual companies via Microsoft TEAMS on March 1, 2022. No verbal questions will be taken.  All questions shall be posted into the TEAMS chat function. 

The following topics may be discussed at the One-on-One meetings:

1. The general purpose of the announced procurement;
2. Any information about WSTF that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors;
3. Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior contracts whose requirements will be addressed in whole or in part under a follow-on procurement;
4. Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and
5. Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and sources sought synopsis

Virtual One-on-One Meeting Registration

Registration is required for each company.  Interested parties shall email the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice to request a virtual one-on-one meeting.  The deadline for registration is February 27, 2022, at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST).  The email must include the following:

1. Subject Line:  80JSC022ECO3 Industry One-on-One Registration
2. Company name
3. Name of attendees (no more than four (4) individuals may represent any party or team of parties
4. Phone number and email address
5. Business Size, Socioeconomic status, and Cage code
6. All attendees will be listed on the interest parties list.  If you do not wish to be included on the list, you must indicate that your company does not want to be included.

A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation and provide further instructions.

Post Virtual One-on-One Meeting Questions

Post virtual One-on-One meeting questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice by March 6, 2022, at 11:59 pm MST.

Official responses to questions will be posted to GPE.  If a difference exists between verbal answers and responses posted to the GPE, the responses posted to the GPE shall govern. 

3.   RFI OCI 

NASA/JSC is requesting information from Industry regarding potential Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI).  Please refer to questions 1-4 below.  

You are requested to provide electronic responses via e-mail to the Contracting Officer listed at the end of this special notice with the subject line: 80JSC022ECO3-RFI OCI.  Your response due date is March 6, 2022 at 11:59 pm MST.

NASA/JSC is requesting information from industry regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) arising from the Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) acquisition.

The nature of the work anticipated under ECO3 may create the potential for OCI(s) as currently described in FAR Subpart 9.5.  Each interested party should review FAR Subpart 9.5 in light of NASA’s anticipation of OCI issues and consider carefully the extent to which an OCI may arise before making the decision to compete for the ECO3 acquisition.  

Interested parties are requested to address the following questions:

1.   What type(s) of OCI issues would your company or potential team identify if any, should you choose to propose on the ECO3 contract?

2.   What strategies would you anticipate proposing to mitigate the OCI issues that you identified (if any)?  Please provide strategy details, previous examples/experience with other contracts with NASA or other agencies, etc.

3.   Are there any other types of potential OCI issues with the proposed ECO3 contract that were not identified in this RFI (assuming any were identified)?

4.   Does your company foresee any OCI issues associated with the ECO3 that would cause you to decide not to propose on the potential ECO3 RFP?

NASA will review any responses received regarding potential OCI and each offeror’s proposed OCI mitigation strategy.  NASA will respond to each company who submits a mitigation strategy.  NASA’s response is not intended to serve as a confirmation that, in fact, all potential OCI have been identified, an OCI will ultimately exist, or that an interested party is capable of successfully eliminating or mitigating an identified OCI.  NASA’s response is also not intended to encourage or discourage any interested party from responding to an RFP issued for ECO3 in the future.  Furthermore, NASA’s response in no way alters or interprets FAR 9.5 as it applies to a final statement of work or a final proposal submission, should an interested party elect to submit a proposal to an RFP for ECO3.  Subsequent to the initial OCI submission and NASA’s response, NASA will not consider further information as it relates to this RFI.

The documents on the NASA ECO3 acquisition website are for information and planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to comment, and to promote competition only.  NASA will not affirmatively release any information received in response to this RFI to the public but may use information received in developing the best approach for a contract strategy, and therefore such information may be recognizable to the interested party who submitted it.  Any information submitted in response to this RFI that is marked as “Confidential Commercial or Financial Information” will be considered as voluntarily submitted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

All questions should be directed to the point of contact identified below.  In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract.  NASA is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI.  NASA will not pay for any information solicited under this RFI.  No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation.  If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  It is the interested party’s responsibility to monitor this website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Point of Contact

Name:        Elizabeth D. Tapia

Title:          Contracting Officer

Email:  jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

In order to facilitate teaming arrangements, an Interested Vendors List is enabled on this SAM posting.  

(End of Modification 1)

MODIFICATION 5

This is modification 5 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following document is posted:

1.  80JSC022ECO3 dRFP Q-A responses.pdf

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 5)

MODIFICATION 4

This is Modification 4 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following changes are made:

1. The Technical Resource Library (TRL) has been updated. 

To request access to the ECO3 TRL folders, you must have a login for sam.gov. Once logged in, click the request access button for each of the folders in the Attachments/Links section and follow the instructions, “Obtaining Access to Export Controlled Content” and return the requested information to the Contracting Officer via email at jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 4)

MODIFICATION 3

This is Modification 3 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following changes are made:

1. The ECO3 draft Request for Proposal (dRFP) and associated documents have been posted.
2. All comments or questions shall be submitted electronically via email to Elizabeth Tapia and Regenia Goldsmith at jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov, no later than June 22, 2022 at 12:00PM MDT. When responding, reference ECO3 dRFP – 80JSC022R0011.
3. The Technical Resource Library (TRL) is available and will continuously be updated.  To request access to the ECO3 TRL folders, you must have a login for sam.gov.  Once logged in, click the request access button for each of the folders in the Attachments/Links section and follow the instructions, “Obtaining Access to Export Controlled Content”. 

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

OBTAINING ACCESS TO EXPORT CONTROLLED CONTENT

Individuals requesting access to the export-controlled scientific and technical information must provide the following information to the Contracting Officer through an authorized manager of their company’s Security or Human Resources Offices.  That authorized individual shall verify that the information provided to NASA is correct, complete, and accurate.  Companies are responsible for ensuring their compliance with all U.S. export regulations:

1. Full Company Name:
2. Company Address
3. Is this a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States? Yes [  ]   No [  ]
4. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code
5. Company Security or Human Resources Point of contact(s) providing/verifying information about the individual requesting access
   1. Name and Title
   2. Phone Number
   3. e-mail
6. List the names of all individuals requesting access to the export-controlled data including:
   1. Name
   2. the  individual named above  is [  ] or is not [  ] a U.S. person  as defined in Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 120.15
   3. If the individual is not a U.S. person what is their citizenship? _________

ALTERNATE 6b:  Citizenship:   Specify Citizenship [  ]

Non-U.S. Persons must list any other countries to which individual claims citizenship __________

List Place of Birth: _______________

All foreign nationals from designated countries covered by a Programmatic Technology Transfer Control Plan (P-TTCP) or requiring access to export-controlled information are required to have an Individual Technology Transfer Control Plan (I-TTCP) with a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).  Foreign nationals from non-designated countries requiring access to export-controlled information covered by a P-TTCP are required to comply with the International Partner or Foreign National Certification contained in the P-TTCP.

Point of Emphasis:

The Company is responsible for ensuring compliance with the export regulations.

Points of Contacts:

Organization Export Control Representative if assigned.

(End of Modification 3)

MODIFICATION 2

This is modification 2 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3), 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  You are notified that the followings documents are posted:

1.) Industry One-on-One Questions and Answers

2.) ECO3 Interested Parties List

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 2)

MODIFICATION 1 

This is modification 1 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  The due date for modification 1 actions is extended as indicated below.  The Sources Sought response due date is not extended and remains unchanged.   You are notified that the following three (3) changes are made:

1.   Industry Bulletin

In lieu of an Industry Day, an Industry Bulletin has been added to include a virtual tour of the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Environmental Program. 

2.   Virtual One-on-One Meetings, Registration, and Questions

The intent is to meet with Industry early in the process to help develop an understanding of the Government’s current vision and objectives and provide an opportunity for Industry to provide input into the ECO3 procurement strategy.   

Virtual One-on-One Meetings

To facilitate interactive communications with industry, WSTF personnel will be available for virtual One-on-One meetings with individual companies via Microsoft TEAMS on March 1, 2022. No verbal questions will be taken.  All questions shall be posted into the TEAMS chat function. 

The following topics may be discussed at the One-on-One meetings:

1. The general purpose of the announced procurement;
2. Any information about WSTF that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors;
3. Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior contracts whose requirements will be addressed in whole or in part under a follow-on procurement;
4. Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and
5. Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and sources sought synopsis

Virtual One-on-One Meeting Registration

Registration is required for each company.  Interested parties shall email the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice to request a virtual one-on-one meeting.  The deadline for registration is February 27, 2022, at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST).  The email must include the following:

1. Subject Line:  80JSC022ECO3 Industry One-on-One Registration
2. Company name
3. Name of attendees (no more than four (4) individuals may represent any party or team of parties
4. Phone number and email address
5. Business Size, Socioeconomic status, and Cage code
6. All attendees will be listed on the interest parties list.  If you do not wish to be included on the list, you must indicate that your company does not want to be included.

A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation and provide further instructions.

Post Virtual One-on-One Meeting Questions

Post virtual One-on-One meeting questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice by March 6, 2022, at 11:59 pm MST.

Official responses to questions will be posted to GPE.  If a difference exists between verbal answers and responses posted to the GPE, the responses posted to the GPE shall govern. 

3.   RFI OCI 

NASA/JSC is requesting information from Industry regarding potential Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI).  Please refer to questions 1-4 below.  

You are requested to provide electronic responses via e-mail to the Contracting Officer listed at the end of this special notice with the subject line: 80JSC022ECO3-RFI OCI.  Your response due date is March 6, 2022 at 11:59 pm MST.

NASA/JSC is requesting information from industry regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) arising from the Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) acquisition.

The nature of the work anticipated under ECO3 may create the potential for OCI(s) as currently described in FAR Subpart 9.5.  Each interested party should review FAR Subpart 9.5 in light of NASA’s anticipation of OCI issues and consider carefully the extent to which an OCI may arise before making the decision to compete for the ECO3 acquisition.  

Interested parties are requested to address the following questions:

1.   What type(s) of OCI issues would your company or potential team identify if any, should you choose to propose on the ECO3 contract?

2.   What strategies would you anticipate proposing to mitigate the OCI issues that you identified (if any)?  Please provide strategy details, previous examples/experience with other contracts with NASA or other agencies, etc.

3.   Are there any other types of potential OCI issues with the proposed ECO3 contract that were not identified in this RFI (assuming any were identified)?

4.   Does your company foresee any OCI issues associated with the ECO3 that would cause you to decide not to propose on the potential ECO3 RFP?

NASA will review any responses received regarding potential OCI and each offeror’s proposed OCI mitigation strategy.  NASA will respond to each company who submits a mitigation strategy.  NASA’s response is not intended to serve as a confirmation that, in fact, all potential OCI have been identified, an OCI will ultimately exist, or that an interested party is capable of successfully eliminating or mitigating an identified OCI.  NASA’s response is also not intended to encourage or discourage any interested party from responding to an RFP issued for ECO3 in the future.  Furthermore, NASA’s response in no way alters or interprets FAR 9.5 as it applies to a final statement of work or a final proposal submission, should an interested party elect to submit a proposal to an RFP for ECO3.  Subsequent to the initial OCI submission and NASA’s response, NASA will not consider further information as it relates to this RFI.

The documents on the NASA ECO3 acquisition website are for information and planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to comment, and to promote competition only.  NASA will not affirmatively release any information received in response to this RFI to the public but may use information received in developing the best approach for a contract strategy, and therefore such information may be recognizable to the interested party who submitted it.  Any information submitted in response to this RFI that is marked as “Confidential Commercial or Financial Information” will be considered as voluntarily submitted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

All questions should be directed to the point of contact identified below.  In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract.  NASA is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI.  NASA will not pay for any information solicited under this RFI.  No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation.  If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  It is the interested party’s responsibility to monitor this website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Point of Contact

Name:        Elizabeth D. Tapia

Title:          Contracting Officer

Email:  jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

In order to facilitate teaming arrangements, an Interested Vendors List is enabled on this SAM posting.  

(End of Modification 1)

Modification 4

This is Modification 4 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following changes are made:

1. The Technical Resource Library (TRL) has been updated. 

To request access to the ECO3 TRL folders, you must have a login for sam.gov. Once logged in, click the request access button for each of the folders in the Attachments/Links section and follow the instructions, “Obtaining Access to Export Controlled Content” and return the requested information to the Contracting Officer via email at jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 4)

MODIFICATION 3

This is Modification 3 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following changes are made:

1. The ECO3 draft Request for Proposal (dRFP) and associated documents have been posted.
2. All comments or questions shall be submitted electronically via email to Elizabeth Tapia and Regenia Goldsmith at jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov, no later than June 22, 2022 at 12:00PM MDT. When responding, reference ECO3 dRFP – 80JSC022R0011.
3. The Technical Resource Library (TRL) is available and will continuously be updated.  To request access to the ECO3 TRL folders, you must have a login for sam.gov.  Once logged in, click the request access button for each of the folders in the Attachments/Links section and follow the instructions, “Obtaining Access to Export Controlled Content”. 

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

OBTAINING ACCESS TO EXPORT CONTROLLED CONTENT

Individuals requesting access to the export-controlled scientific and technical information must provide the following information to the Contracting Officer through an authorized manager of their company’s Security or Human Resources Offices.  That authorized individual shall verify that the information provided to NASA is correct, complete, and accurate.  Companies are responsible for ensuring their compliance with all U.S. export regulations:

1. Full Company Name:
2. Company Address
3. Is this a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States? Yes [  ]   No [  ]
4. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code
5. Company Security or Human Resources Point of contact(s) providing/verifying information about the individual requesting access
   1. Name and Title
   2. Phone Number
   3. e-mail
6. List the names of all individuals requesting access to the export-controlled data including:
   1. Name
   2. the  individual named above  is [  ] or is not [  ] a U.S. person  as defined in Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 120.15
   3. If the individual is not a U.S. person what is their citizenship? _________

ALTERNATE 6b:  Citizenship:   Specify Citizenship [  ]

Non-U.S. Persons must list any other countries to which individual claims citizenship __________

List Place of Birth: _______________

All foreign nationals from designated countries covered by a Programmatic Technology Transfer Control Plan (P-TTCP) or requiring access to export-controlled information are required to have an Individual Technology Transfer Control Plan (I-TTCP) with a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).  Foreign nationals from non-designated countries requiring access to export-controlled information covered by a P-TTCP are required to comply with the International Partner or Foreign National Certification contained in the P-TTCP.

Point of Emphasis:

The Company is responsible for ensuring compliance with the export regulations.

Points of Contacts:

Organization Export Control Representative if assigned.

(End of Modification 3)

Modification 2

This is modification 2 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3), 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  You are notified that I posted the following documents:

1.) Industry One-on-One Questions and Answers

2.) ECO3 Interested Parties List

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 2)

Modification 1 

This is modification 1 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  The due date for modification 1 actions is extended as indicated below.  The Sources Sought response due date is not extended and remains unchanged.   You are notified that the following three (3) changes are made:

1.   Industry Bulletin

In lieu of an Industry Day, an Industry Bulletin has been added to include a virtual tour of the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Environmental Program. 

2.   Virtual One-on-One Meetings, Registration, and Questions

The intent is to meet with Industry early in the process to help develop an understanding of the Government’s current vision and objectives and provide an opportunity for Industry to provide input into the ECO3 procurement strategy.   

Virtual One-on-One Meetings

To facilitate interactive communications with industry, WSTF personnel will be available for virtual One-on-One meetings with individual companies via Microsoft TEAMS on March 1, 2022. No verbal questions will be taken.  All questions shall be posted into the TEAMS chat function. 

The following topics may be discussed at the One-on-One meetings:

1. The general purpose of the announced procurement;
2. Any information about WSTF that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors;
3. Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior contracts whose requirements will be addressed in whole or in part under a follow-on procurement;
4. Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and
5. Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and sources sought synopsis

Virtual One-on-One Meeting Registration

Registration is required for each company.  Interested parties shall email the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice to request a virtual one-on-one meeting.  The deadline for registration is February 27, 2022, at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST).  The email must include the following:

1. Subject Line:  80JSC022ECO3 Industry One-on-One Registration
2. Company name
3. Name of attendees (no more than four (4) individuals may represent any party or team of parties
4. Phone number and email address
5. Business Size, Socioeconomic status, and Cage code
6. All attendees will be listed on the interest parties list.  If you do not wish to be included on the list, you must indicate that your company does not want to be included.

A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation and provide further instructions.

Post Virtual One-on-One Meeting Questions

Post virtual One-on-One meeting questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice by March 6, 2022, at 11:59 pm MST.

Official responses to questions will be posted to GPE.  If a difference exists between verbal answers and responses posted to the GPE, the responses posted to the GPE shall govern. 

3.   RFI OCI 

NASA/JSC is requesting information from Industry regarding potential Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI).  Please refer to questions 1-4 below.  

You are requested to provide electronic responses via e-mail to the Contracting Officer listed at the end of this special notice with the subject line: 80JSC022ECO3-RFI OCI.  Your response due date is March 6, 2022 at 11:59 pm MST.

NASA/JSC is requesting information from industry regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) arising from the Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) acquisition.

The nature of the work anticipated under ECO3 may create the potential for OCI(s) as currently described in FAR Subpart 9.5.  Each interested party should review FAR Subpart 9.5 in light of NASA’s anticipation of OCI issues and consider carefully the extent to which an OCI may arise before making the decision to compete for the ECO3 acquisition.  

Interested parties are requested to address the following questions:

1.   What type(s) of OCI issues would your company or potential team identify if any, should you choose to propose on the ECO3 contract?

2.   What strategies would you anticipate proposing to mitigate the OCI issues that you identified (if any)?  Please provide strategy details, previous examples/experience with other contracts with NASA or other agencies, etc.

3.   Are there any other types of potential OCI issues with the proposed ECO3 contract that were not identified in this RFI (assuming any were identified)?

4.   Does your company foresee any OCI issues associated with the ECO3 that would cause you to decide not to propose on the potential ECO3 RFP?

NASA will review any responses received regarding potential OCI and each offeror’s proposed OCI mitigation strategy.  NASA will respond to each company who submits a mitigation strategy.  NASA’s response is not intended to serve as a confirmation that, in fact, all potential OCI have been identified, an OCI will ultimately exist, or that an interested party is capable of successfully eliminating or mitigating an identified OCI.  NASA’s response is also not intended to encourage or discourage any interested party from responding to an RFP issued for ECO3 in the future.  Furthermore, NASA’s response in no way alters or interprets FAR 9.5 as it applies to a final statement of work or a final proposal submission, should an interested party elect to submit a proposal to an RFP for ECO3.  Subsequent to the initial OCI submission and NASA’s response, NASA will not consider further information as it relates to this RFI.

The documents on the NASA ECO3 acquisition website are for information and planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to comment, and to promote competition only.  NASA will not affirmatively release any information received in response to this RFI to the public but may use information received in developing the best approach for a contract strategy, and therefore such information may be recognizable to the interested party who submitted it.  Any information submitted in response to this RFI that is marked as “Confidential Commercial or Financial Information” will be considered as voluntarily submitted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

All questions should be directed to the point of contact identified below.  In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract.  NASA is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI.  NASA will not pay for any information solicited under this RFI.  No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation.  If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  It is the interested party’s responsibility to monitor this website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Point of Contact

Name:        Elizabeth D. Tapia

Title:          Contracting Officer

Email:  jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

In order to facilitate teaming arrangements, an Interested Vendors List is enabled on this SAM posting.  

(End of Modification 1)

MODIFICATION 3

This is Modification 3 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3, which was posted on January 25, 2022. You are notified the following changes are made:

1. The ECO3 draft Request for Proposal (dRFP) and associated documents have been posted.
2. All comments or questions shall be submitted electronically via email to Elizabeth Tapia and Regenia Goldsmith at jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov, no later than June 22, 2022 at 12:00PM MDT. When responding, reference ECO3 dRFP – 80JSC022R0011.
3. The Technical Resource Library (TRL) is available and will continuously be updated.  To request access to the ECO3 TRL folders, you must have a login for sam.gov.  Once logged in, click the request access button for each of the folders in the Attachments/Links section and follow the instructions, “Obtaining Access to Export Controlled Content”. 

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

OBTAINING ACCESS TO EXPORT CONTROLLED CONTENT

Individuals requesting access to the export-controlled scientific and technical information must provide the following information to the Contracting Officer through an authorized manager of their company’s Security or Human Resources Offices.  That authorized individual shall verify that the information provided to NASA is correct, complete, and accurate.  Companies are responsible for ensuring their compliance with all U.S. export regulations:

1. Full Company Name:
2. Company Address
3. Is this a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States? Yes [  ]   No [  ]
4. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code
5. Company Security or Human Resources Point of contact(s) providing/verifying information about the individual requesting access
   1. Name and Title
   2. Phone Number
   3. e-mail
6. List the names of all individuals requesting access to the export-controlled data including:
   1. Name
   2. the  individual named above  is [  ] or is not [  ] a U.S. person  as defined in Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 120.15
   3. If the individual is not a U.S. person what is their citizenship? _________

ALTERNATE 6b:  Citizenship:   Specify Citizenship [  ]

Non-U.S. Persons must list any other countries to which individual claims citizenship __________

List Place of Birth: _______________

All foreign nationals from designated countries covered by a Programmatic Technology Transfer Control Plan (P-TTCP) or requiring access to export-controlled information are required to have an Individual Technology Transfer Control Plan (I-TTCP) with a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).  Foreign nationals from non-designated countries requiring access to export-controlled information covered by a P-TTCP are required to comply with the International Partner or Foreign National Certification contained in the P-TTCP.

Point of Emphasis:

The Company is responsible for ensuring compliance with the export regulations.

Points of Contacts:

Organization Export Control Representative if assigned.

(End of Modification 3)

Modification 2

This is modification 2 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3), 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  You are notified that I posted the following documents:

1.) Industry One-on-One Questions and Answers

2.) ECO3 Interested Parties List

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 2)

Modification 1 

This is modification 1 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  The due date for modification 1 actions is extended as indicated below.  The Sources Sought response due date is not extended and remains unchanged.   You are notified that the following three (3) changes are made:

1.   Industry Bulletin

In lieu of an Industry Day, an Industry Bulletin has been added to include a virtual tour of the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Environmental Program. 

2.   Virtual One-on-One Meetings, Registration, and Questions

The intent is to meet with Industry early in the process to help develop an understanding of the Government’s current vision and objectives and provide an opportunity for Industry to provide input into the ECO3 procurement strategy.   

Virtual One-on-One Meetings

To facilitate interactive communications with industry, WSTF personnel will be available for virtual One-on-One meetings with individual companies via Microsoft TEAMS on March 1, 2022. No verbal questions will be taken.  All questions shall be posted into the TEAMS chat function. 

The following topics may be discussed at the One-on-One meetings:

1. The general purpose of the announced procurement;
2. Any information about WSTF that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors;
3. Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior contracts whose requirements will be addressed in whole or in part under a follow-on procurement;
4. Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and
5. Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and sources sought synopsis

Virtual One-on-One Meeting Registration

Registration is required for each company.  Interested parties shall email the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice to request a virtual one-on-one meeting.  The deadline for registration is February 27, 2022, at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST).  The email must include the following:

1. Subject Line:  80JSC022ECO3 Industry One-on-One Registration
2. Company name
3. Name of attendees (no more than four (4) individuals may represent any party or team of parties
4. Phone number and email address
5. Business Size, Socioeconomic status, and Cage code
6. All attendees will be listed on the interest parties list.  If you do not wish to be included on the list, you must indicate that your company does not want to be included.

A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation and provide further instructions.

Post Virtual One-on-One Meeting Questions

Post virtual One-on-One meeting questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice by March 6, 2022, at 11:59 pm MST.

Official responses to questions will be posted to GPE.  If a difference exists between verbal answers and responses posted to the GPE, the responses posted to the GPE shall govern. 

3.   RFI OCI 

NASA/JSC is requesting information from Industry regarding potential Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI).  Please refer to questions 1-4 below.  

You are requested to provide electronic responses via e-mail to the Contracting Officer listed at the end of this special notice with the subject line: 80JSC022ECO3-RFI OCI.  Your response due date is March 6, 2022 at 11:59 pm MST.

NASA/JSC is requesting information from industry regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) arising from the Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) acquisition.

The nature of the work anticipated under ECO3 may create the potential for OCI(s) as currently described in FAR Subpart 9.5.  Each interested party should review FAR Subpart 9.5 in light of NASA’s anticipation of OCI issues and consider carefully the extent to which an OCI may arise before making the decision to compete for the ECO3 acquisition.  

Interested parties are requested to address the following questions:

1.   What type(s) of OCI issues would your company or potential team identify if any, should you choose to propose on the ECO3 contract?

2.   What strategies would you anticipate proposing to mitigate the OCI issues that you identified (if any)?  Please provide strategy details, previous examples/experience with other contracts with NASA or other agencies, etc.

3.   Are there any other types of potential OCI issues with the proposed ECO3 contract that were not identified in this RFI (assuming any were identified)?

4.   Does your company foresee any OCI issues associated with the ECO3 that would cause you to decide not to propose on the potential ECO3 RFP?

NASA will review any responses received regarding potential OCI and each offeror’s proposed OCI mitigation strategy.  NASA will respond to each company who submits a mitigation strategy.  NASA’s response is not intended to serve as a confirmation that, in fact, all potential OCI have been identified, an OCI will ultimately exist, or that an interested party is capable of successfully eliminating or mitigating an identified OCI.  NASA’s response is also not intended to encourage or discourage any interested party from responding to an RFP issued for ECO3 in the future.  Furthermore, NASA’s response in no way alters or interprets FAR 9.5 as it applies to a final statement of work or a final proposal submission, should an interested party elect to submit a proposal to an RFP for ECO3.  Subsequent to the initial OCI submission and NASA’s response, NASA will not consider further information as it relates to this RFI.

The documents on the NASA ECO3 acquisition website are for information and planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to comment, and to promote competition only.  NASA will not affirmatively release any information received in response to this RFI to the public but may use information received in developing the best approach for a contract strategy, and therefore such information may be recognizable to the interested party who submitted it.  Any information submitted in response to this RFI that is marked as “Confidential Commercial or Financial Information” will be considered as voluntarily submitted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

All questions should be directed to the point of contact identified below.  In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract.  NASA is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI.  NASA will not pay for any information solicited under this RFI.  No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation.  If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  It is the interested party’s responsibility to monitor this website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Point of Contact

Name:        Elizabeth D. Tapia

Title:          Contracting Officer

Email:  jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

In order to facilitate teaming arrangements, an Interested Vendors List is enabled on this SAM posting.  

(End of Modification 1)

Modification 2

This is modification 2 to the synopsis entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3), 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  You are notified that the following documents are posted:

1.) Industry One-on-One Questions and Answers

2.) ECO3 Interested Parties List

The due date for responses is not extended.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

(End of Modification 2)

Modification 1 

This is modification 1 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  The due date for modification 1 actions is extended as indicated below.  The Sources Sought response due date is not extended and remains unchanged.   You are notified that the following three (3) changes are made:

1.   Industry Bulletin

In lieu of an Industry Day, an Industry Bulletin has been added to include a virtual tour of the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Environmental Program. 

2.   Virtual One-on-One Meetings, Registration, and Questions

The intent is to meet with Industry early in the process to help develop an understanding of the Government’s current vision and objectives and provide an opportunity for Industry to provide input into the ECO3 procurement strategy.   

Virtual One-on-One Meetings

To facilitate interactive communications with industry, WSTF personnel will be available for virtual One-on-One meetings with individual companies via Microsoft TEAMS on March 1, 2022. No verbal questions will be taken.  All questions shall be posted into the TEAMS chat function. 

The following topics may be discussed at the One-on-One meetings:

1. The general purpose of the announced procurement;
2. Any information about WSTF that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors;
3. Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior contracts whose requirements will be addressed in whole or in part under a follow-on procurement;
4. Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and
5. Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and sources sought synopsis

Virtual One-on-One Meeting Registration

Registration is required for each company.  Interested parties shall email the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice to request a virtual one-on-one meeting.  The deadline for registration is February 27, 2022, at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST).  The email must include the following:

1. Subject Line:  80JSC022ECO3 Industry One-on-One Registration
2. Company name
3. Name of attendees (no more than four (4) individuals may represent any party or team of parties
4. Phone number and email address
5. Business Size, Socioeconomic status, and Cage code
6. All attendees will be listed on the interest parties list.  If you do not wish to be included on the list, you must indicate that your company does not want to be included.

A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation and provide further instructions.

Post Virtual One-on-One Meeting Questions

Post virtual One-on-One meeting questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice by March 6, 2022, at 11:59 pm MST.

Official responses to questions will be posted to GPE.  If a difference exists between verbal answers and responses posted to the GPE, the responses posted to the GPE shall govern. 

3.   RFI OCI 

NASA/JSC is requesting information from Industry regarding potential Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI).  Please refer to questions 1-4 below.  

You are requested to provide electronic responses via e-mail to the Contracting Officer listed at the end of this special notice with the subject line: 80JSC022ECO3-RFI OCI.  Your response due date is March 6, 2022 at 11:59 pm MST.

NASA/JSC is requesting information from industry regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) arising from the Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) acquisition.

The nature of the work anticipated under ECO3 may create the potential for OCI(s) as currently described in FAR Subpart 9.5.  Each interested party should review FAR Subpart 9.5 in light of NASA’s anticipation of OCI issues and consider carefully the extent to which an OCI may arise before making the decision to compete for the ECO3 acquisition.  

Interested parties are requested to address the following questions:

1.   What type(s) of OCI issues would your company or potential team identify if any, should you choose to propose on the ECO3 contract?

2.   What strategies would you anticipate proposing to mitigate the OCI issues that you identified (if any)?  Please provide strategy details, previous examples/experience with other contracts with NASA or other agencies, etc.

3.   Are there any other types of potential OCI issues with the proposed ECO3 contract that were not identified in this RFI (assuming any were identified)?

4.   Does your company foresee any OCI issues associated with the ECO3 that would cause you to decide not to propose on the potential ECO3 RFP?

NASA will review any responses received regarding potential OCI and each offeror’s proposed OCI mitigation strategy.  NASA will respond to each company who submits a mitigation strategy.  NASA’s response is not intended to serve as a confirmation that, in fact, all potential OCI have been identified, an OCI will ultimately exist, or that an interested party is capable of successfully eliminating or mitigating an identified OCI.  NASA’s response is also not intended to encourage or discourage any interested party from responding to an RFP issued for ECO3 in the future.  Furthermore, NASA’s response in no way alters or interprets FAR 9.5 as it applies to a final statement of work or a final proposal submission, should an interested party elect to submit a proposal to an RFP for ECO3.  Subsequent to the initial OCI submission and NASA’s response, NASA will not consider further information as it relates to this RFI.

The documents on the NASA ECO3 acquisition website are for information and planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to comment, and to promote competition only.  NASA will not affirmatively release any information received in response to this RFI to the public but may use information received in developing the best approach for a contract strategy, and therefore such information may be recognizable to the interested party who submitted it.  Any information submitted in response to this RFI that is marked as “Confidential Commercial or Financial Information” will be considered as voluntarily submitted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

All questions should be directed to the point of contact identified below.  In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract.  NASA is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI.  NASA will not pay for any information solicited under this RFI.  No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation.  If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  It is the interested party’s responsibility to monitor this website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Point of Contact

Name:        Elizabeth D. Tapia

Title:          Contracting Officer

Email:  jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

In order to facilitate teaming arrangements, an Interested Vendors List is enabled on this SAM posting.  

(End of Modification 1)

Modification 1 

This is modification 1 to the Special Notice entitled Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) 80JSC022ECO3 which was posted on January 25, 2022.  The due date for modification 1 actions is extended as indicated below.  The Sources Sought response due date is not extended and remains unchanged.   You are notified that the following three (3) changes are made:

1.   Industry Bulletin

In lieu of an Industry Day, an Industry Bulletin has been added to include a virtual tour of the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Environmental Program. 

2.   Virtual One-on-One Meetings, Registration, and Questions

The intent is to meet with Industry early in the process to help develop an understanding of the Government’s current vision and objectives and provide an opportunity for Industry to provide input into the ECO3 procurement strategy.   

Virtual One-on-One Meetings

To facilitate interactive communications with industry, WSTF personnel will be available for virtual One-on-One meetings with individual companies via Microsoft TEAMS on March 1, 2022. No verbal questions will be taken.  All questions shall be posted into the TEAMS chat function. 

The following topics may be discussed at the One-on-One meetings:

1. The general purpose of the announced procurement;
2. Any information about WSTF that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors;
3. Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior contracts whose requirements will be addressed in whole or in part under a follow-on procurement;
4. Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and
5. Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and sources sought synopsis

Virtual One-on-One Meeting Registration

Registration is required for each company.  Interested parties shall email the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice to request a virtual one-on-one meeting.  The deadline for registration is February 27, 2022, at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST).  The email must include the following:

1. Subject Line:  80JSC022ECO3 Industry One-on-One Registration
2. Company name
3. Name of attendees (no more than four (4) individuals may represent any party or team of parties
4. Phone number and email address
5. Business Size, Socioeconomic status, and Cage code
6. All attendees will be listed on the interest parties list.  If you do not wish to be included on the list, you must indicate that your company does not want to be included.

A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation and provide further instructions.

Post Virtual One-on-One Meeting Questions

Post virtual One-on-One meeting questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting officer listed at the end of this special notice by March 6, 2022, at 11:59 pm MST.

Official responses to questions will be posted to GPE.  If a difference exists between verbal answers and responses posted to the GPE, the responses posted to the GPE shall govern. 

3.   RFI OCI 

NASA/JSC is requesting information from Industry regarding potential Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI).  Please refer to questions 1-4 below.  

You are requested to provide electronic responses via e-mail to the Contracting Officer listed at the end of this special notice with the subject line: 80JSC022ECO3-RFI OCI.  Your response due date is March 6, 2022 at 11:59 pm MST.

NASA/JSC is requesting information from industry regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) arising from the Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) acquisition.

The nature of the work anticipated under ECO3 may create the potential for OCI(s) as currently described in FAR Subpart 9.5.  Each interested party should review FAR Subpart 9.5 in light of NASA’s anticipation of OCI issues and consider carefully the extent to which an OCI may arise before making the decision to compete for the ECO3 acquisition.  

Interested parties are requested to address the following questions:

1.   What type(s) of OCI issues would your company or potential team identify if any, should you choose to propose on the ECO3 contract?

2.   What strategies would you anticipate proposing to mitigate the OCI issues that you identified (if any)?  Please provide strategy details, previous examples/experience with other contracts with NASA or other agencies, etc.

3.   Are there any other types of potential OCI issues with the proposed ECO3 contract that were not identified in this RFI (assuming any were identified)?

4.   Does your company foresee any OCI issues associated with the ECO3 that would cause you to decide not to propose on the potential ECO3 RFP?

NASA will review any responses received regarding potential OCI and each offeror’s proposed OCI mitigation strategy.  NASA will respond to each company who submits a mitigation strategy.  NASA’s response is not intended to serve as a confirmation that, in fact, all potential OCI have been identified, an OCI will ultimately exist, or that an interested party is capable of successfully eliminating or mitigating an identified OCI.  NASA’s response is also not intended to encourage or discourage any interested party from responding to an RFP issued for ECO3 in the future.  Furthermore, NASA’s response in no way alters or interprets FAR 9.5 as it applies to a final statement of work or a final proposal submission, should an interested party elect to submit a proposal to an RFP for ECO3.  Subsequent to the initial OCI submission and NASA’s response, NASA will not consider further information as it relates to this RFI.

The documents on the NASA ECO3 acquisition website are for information and planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to comment, and to promote competition only.  NASA will not affirmatively release any information received in response to this RFI to the public but may use information received in developing the best approach for a contract strategy, and therefore such information may be recognizable to the interested party who submitted it.  Any information submitted in response to this RFI that is marked as “Confidential Commercial or Financial Information” will be considered as voluntarily submitted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

All questions should be directed to the point of contact identified below.  In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract.  NASA is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI.  NASA will not pay for any information solicited under this RFI.  No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation.  If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  It is the interested party’s responsibility to monitor this website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.   Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Point of Contact

Name:        Elizabeth D. Tapia

Title:          Contracting Officer

Email:  jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov

In order to facilitate teaming arrangements, an Interested Vendors List is enabled on this SAM posting.  

(End of Modification 1)

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.

This notice is issued by NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) as a Sources Sought Synopsis seeking capability statements from all interested parties, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for ECO3. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received.

It is anticipated that WSTF will issue a solicitation for environmental compliance, restoration and sustainability services with a maximum award value anticipated not to exceed $80 Million over a 5-year period of performance. The Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) is a follow-on effort to the current ECO2 Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) hybrid contract which contains both Cost Reimbursable (CR) and Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Task Orders to support NASA/WSTF in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The planned effort is anticipated to be similar in scope to the current ECO2 Contract and will provide:

• Multi-media environmental compliance services including hazardous and solid waste management, air emission program management, wastewater system oversight, permit compliance, tank system compliance, natural and cultural resources management, drinking water compliance, regulatory review and strategy development, deliverable management, and regulatory agency reporting.
• Environmental restoration program services including professional engineering and scientific support for large-scale groundwater treatment system operations, system maintenance requirements, groundwater monitoring, data analysis, field investigation, corrective action activities, modeling, and permit compliance.
• Sustainability program services including recycling, waste minimization, sustainable acquisition chemical substitution and pollution prevention activities acquisition, chemical substitution, and pollution prevention activities.
• General environmental operational support including overall program management, project planning and execution, schedule and budget management, safety and health program oversight, records management, procurement support, training oversight, IT resource management, and quality and environmental management system oversight.

The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 562910, Remediation Services, and the size standard is 750 employees.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - Industry is invited to provide input on the anticipated Streamlined Evaluation Approach and contract type. Industry is encouraged to identify and provide rationale for any incentives which would most motivate your company, any portion(s) of this procurement for which firm-fixed-price contracting could be utilized, and any alternatives you would like NASA to consider. The information received will not be released in its submitted form but may be used in developing the best approach for follow-on strategies, and therefore may be recognizable. The final Request for Proposal (RFP) may or may not include the strategies described herein.

SPECIFIC COMMENTS SOUGHT - The Government specifically requests comments relative to the following areas:

1. What changes, if any, would you suggest for the proposed draft PWS and why? Include any areas that need clarification or are deemed unnecessary that could be eliminated/modified.

2. Identify any requirements from the draft PWS that in your opinion are not suitable to contract as FFP and provide rationale to support your position.

3. Identify any barriers to competition and how they could be mitigated to foster a more competitive environment for this  procurement.

4. Provide any feedback on NASA’s potential use of a Streamlined Evaluation Approach instead of using a typical evaluation that would require NASA to evaluate strengths and weaknesses for specific evaluation factors (i.e. Mission Suitability and its subfactors), reference NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1815.304-70, NASA Evaluation Factors.

a) NASA is considering implementing a Streamlined Evaluation Approach as a simplified best value source selection strategy that permits a trade-off between Cost/Price, Past Performance and Value Attributes (VA). A VA is defined as any technique or process proposed by the Offeror that provides an innovation or approach that increases the efficiency or effectiveness of performance above basic requirements. These VAs are proposed techniques or processes NASA would consider valuable and advantageous to meet its needs. The evaluation approach will require an Offeror’s proposal to be evaluated first for Technical Acceptability before a trade-off is considered. The trade-off will be based on the relative importance between Cost/Price, Past Performance, and VAs.

b) Specifically, NASA is seeking feedback in the use of VAs in the evaluation strategy. Additionally, NASA seeks feedback as to what VAs, if any, should be evaluated. An example of a possible VA could be how an Offeror proposes to increase operational flow rates for the current WSTF groundwater treatment system.

c) Identify any concerns or issues of using the potential Streamlined Evaluation Approach that may impact proposal development, contract negotiations or contract execution. Discuss any pros/cons of performing a trade-off inclusive of VAs in regard to the Offeror's ability to demonstrate its technical and performance capability to meet ECO3 requirements.

5. Provide feedback and rationale on any other topics you would like to address regarding this potential procurement.

Interested parties are requested to submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort.  Responses shall include the following:

a. Name and address of firm and Point of Contact information.

b. Size of business.

c. Average annual revenue for the past three (3) years.

d. Number of employees.

e. Whether the firm is an SB, SDB, HUBZone, WOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HBCU/MI, and/or 8a.

f. Number of years in business.

g. Affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, and potential teaming partners.

h. If you plan to propose as a prime or as a subcontractor.

i. A list of contracts covering the past three (3) years with an emphasis on work performed on a Federal installation. Please provide contract numbers, contract type, the dollar value of each procurement, point of contact (address and phone number), and indicate if your firm was a prime or subcontractor. If work was performed as a subcontractor, please indicate the percentage of work/subcontract dollar value.

j. From the list above, please identify those contracts you consider most relevant to the work of this effort. Please provide a brief summary of similar work accomplished as compared to this scope.

Interested firms having the required capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement described herein should submit a capability statement of no more than seven (7) pages indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort. All responses to the above questions 1 through 7 and "a" through "j" shall be submitted electronically via email. The total page count is limited to seven (7) pages using no less than 12-point Times New Roman font and 1” margins. Please send all responses via email to Elizabeth Tapia and Jerry G. Meeks Jr. at (jsc-wstf-eco3@mail.nasa.gov). Your response is requested no later than 4:00 p.m. MST on February 24, 2022.

In order to facilitate teaming arrangements, an Interested Vendors List is enabled on this SAM posting.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this synopsis. The Government will not pay for any information solicited. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents.

Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of any future solicitation or synopsis. The Government intends to review the responses submitted by Industry. This data will not be shared outside the Government. The Government may use this data to refine requirements and develop a request for a proposal. Please do not submit proprietary information. Data submitted as part of Industry's responses marked "proprietary" will not be reviewed.

A website for the ECO3 acquisition has been developed at the following link:  https://www.nasa.gov/jsc/procurement/eco3.  Interested parties are responsible for checking this website for further information and updates.

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

Additionally, in support of the Executive Order (EO) 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, NASA is seeking to advance equity or remove barriers for members of underserved communities related to this requirement. As defined in the EO, Underserved Communities refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, as exemplified by the list in the preceding definition of "equity." Equity means the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.