Flight Dynamics Support Services III (FDSS III)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a follow-on requirement for the Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS) III to support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate (AETD). The principle purpose of FDSS III is to provide flight dynamics support services and related service support for AETD's Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis (MESA) Division. FDSS III will provide flight dynamics analysis; analytic and operational support for spacecraft orbit determination; trajectory control; product generation; acquisition data generation and transmission; tracking data evaluation and testing; and system development and technology.

The place of performance for FDSS III will be at NASA/GSFC.
It is anticipated that the subject contract will be a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Single-Award contract with a five-year ordering period and a potential additional six (6) months per FAR clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. The maximum ordering value will be $165 million with a unilateral upward adjustment capability of 30% ($50M) for programmatic uncertainties, if needed, for a total potential Maximum Ordering Value of $215 million. 

The anticipated contract award date is on or about July 22, 2019. All responsible sources may submit an offer when applicable, which shall be considered by the agency. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. This procurement will be a small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 541330. The small business size standard is $38.5M.

It is anticipated that a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) will be released in late June 2018. This will be an opportunity for potential offerors to provide questions, comments or any concerns regarding the DRFP and attachments which includes the SOW. No proposal/offer is to be submitted during this posting.

The Government anticipates the final RFP to be released in September 2018. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website www.fbo.gov for schedule updates, the release of the solicitation, and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

The FDSS III Reference eLibrary will be located and available in May 2018 at https://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.gov/. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the Reference ELibrary for updates.

All contractual and/or technical questions must be submitted in writing, via electronic mail. Questions must be submitted to the following electronic mail:
patrick.b.dewyngaert@nasa.gov. Questions over the telephone will not be accepted.