Environmental, Safety, Health, and Mission Assurance (ESHMA): Presolicitation Synopsis & Industry Day Invitation, Determination for Consolidation of Requirements

The following notice is issued in accordance with FAR 7.107.5(c) Notification to the public of consolidation of contract requirements:

NASA has determined a consolidation of contract requirements provided under the Safety, Health, Environmental, and Mission Assurance - 2 (SHeMA-2), Medical Fitness Services, and environmental scope from the Construction, Maintenance, Environmental, and Testing Services (COMETS) contract is necessary and justified.  The consolidated requirements will be competed under the title “Environmental, Safety, Health, and Mission Assurance (ESHMA)”.  A Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) was posted to SAM.gov on October 13, 2022, under this title and RFP number 80GRC022R0017. The Final RFP will be posted under this same title and number. The competition will be a total set aside for small business.

A pre-proposal/pre-bid (Industry Day) conference will be held as indicated below:

Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023

Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am (EDT)

Location: NASA Glenn Research Center 

                21000 Brookpark Rd

                Cleveland, OH 44135

Building 162, Mission Integration Center (MIC) Auditorium               

Attendance at the pre-proposal/pre-bid conference is recommended; however, attendance is neither required nor a prerequisite for proposal/bid submission and will not be considered in the evaluation.

Offerors, individuals, or interested parties who plan to attend the pre-proposal/pre-bid conference must provide the Contracting Officer in writing, at a minimum, full name of the attendee(s), identification of nationality (U.S. or specify other nation citizenship), Lawful Permanent Resident Numbers in the case of foreign nationals, affiliation and full office address/ phone number. Examples of specific identification information which may be required include state driver's license and social security number. Except for foreign nationals, the identification information must be provided at least by June 20, 2023, in advance of the conference. This information shall be provided at least by June 15, 2023, in advance of the conference for foreign nationals due to the longer badging and clearance processing time required. However, the Center reserves the right to determine foreign nationals may not be allowed on the Government site. The Government is not responsible for offerors' inability to obtain clearance within sufficient time to attend the conference. Due to space limitations, representation of any potential Offeror may not exceed three (3) company representatives/ persons per Offeror. Any “lobbying firm or lobbyist” as defined in 2 U.S.C. 1602(9) and (10), or any Offeror represented by a lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 shall be specifically identified.

Visitors on NASA Centers are allowed to possess and use photographic equipment (including camera cell phones) and related materials EXCEPT IN CONTROLLED AREAS. Anyone desiring to use camera equipment during the conference should contact the Contracting Officer to determine if the site(s) to be visited is a controlled area.

The Government will respond to questions regarding this procurement provided such questions have been received at least five (5) working days prior to the conference. Other questions will be answered at the conference or in writing at a later time. All questions, together with the Government's response, will be transmitted to all solicitation recipients via the government-wide point of entry (GPE).

In addition, conference materials distributed at the preproposal/pre-bid conference will be made available to all potential offerors via the GPE.

The following notice is issued in accordance with FAR 7.107.5(c) Notification to the public of consolidation of contract requirements:

NASA has determined a consolidation of contract requirements provided under the Safety, Health, Environmental, and Mission Assurance - 2 (SHeMA-2), Medical Fitness Services, and environmental scope from the Construction, Maintenance, Environmental, and Testing Services (COMETS) contract is necessary and justified.  The consolidated requirements will be competed under the title “Environmental, Safety, Health, and Mission Assurance (ESHMA)”.  A Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) was posted to SAM.gov on October 13, 2022 under this title and RFP number 80GRC022R0017. The Final RFP will be posted under this same title and number. The competition will be a total set aside for small business.