Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS)

June 13, 2018 Amendment 3
June 27, 2018 Amendment 2
June 07, 2018 Amendment 1.

June 05, 2018 Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) Solicitation

This notice is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1815.201.

Offers shall comply with the terms, conditions and instructions contained in the RFP. This cover is for informational purposes only to assist offerors with the preparation of bids. The RFP takes precedence over this cover sheet. Your attention is drawn to the following areas:

1. RFP Section L contains important information on proposal preparation. RFP Section M sets forth the evaluation methods for award.

2. Comments - The Government intends to award the contract resulting from this solicitation without discussions. See Section L provision FAR 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (FEB 2017). To facilitate this process, we would like to avoid situations where proposals include substantive exceptions to the proposed contract terms and conditions, which might be unacceptable to the Government and, therefore, preclude award. The resolution of any exceptions to terms and conditions prior to receipt of proposals will aid the Government in its intention to award without discussions and thus streamline the procurement process.

3. The FMSS procurement will be NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees is applicable to this procurement.

4. Provision L.10 (c), 1852.215-81, PROPOSAL PAGE LIMITATIONS, includes specific page limitation and format requirements. PAGES SUBMITTED IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS PROVISION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

5. Questions and comments shall be submitted no later than 12:00pm (EST) June 20, 2018. See provision L.4.

6. Please contact the Contract Specialist for badging instructions to gain access to Langley Research Center. If hand delivering your proposal a badge requests must be requested 72 hours in advance.

7. Section L, contains the proposal due date and delivery requirements. Section M, contain important information on proposal evaluation.

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Added: Apr 18, 2018 1:54 pm Modified: Jul 13, 2018 1:59 pmTrack Changes

June 13, 2018  Amendment 3

June 27, 2018 Amendment 2

June 07, 2018 Amendment 1.

June 05, 2018 Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) Solicitation

This notice is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1815.201.

Offers shall comply with the terms, conditions and instructions contained in the RFP. This cover is for informational purposes only to assist offerors with the preparation of bids. The RFP takes precedence over this cover sheet. Your attention is drawn to the following areas:

1. RFP Section L contains important information on proposal preparation. RFP Section M sets forth the evaluation methods for award.

2. Comments - The Government intends to award the contract resulting from this solicitation without discussions. See Section L provision FAR 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (FEB 2017). To facilitate this process, we would like to avoid situations where proposals include substantive exceptions to the proposed contract terms and conditions, which might be unacceptable to the Government and, therefore, preclude award. The resolution of any exceptions to terms and conditions prior to receipt of proposals will aid the Government in its intention to award without discussions and thus streamline the procurement process.

3. The FMSS procurement will be NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees is applicable to this procurement.

4. Provision L.10 (c), 1852.215-81, PROPOSAL PAGE LIMITATIONS, includes specific page limitation and format requirements. PAGES SUBMITTED IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS PROVISION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

5. Questions and comments shall be submitted no later than 12:00pm (EST) June 20, 2018. See provision L.4.

6. Please contact the Contract Specialist for badging instructions to gain access to Langley Research Center. If hand delivering your proposal a badge requests must be requested 72 hours in advance.

7. Section L, contains the proposal due date and delivery requirements. Section M, contain important information on proposal evaluation.

June 07, 2018 Amendment 1.

June 05, 2018 Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) Solicitation

This notice is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1815.201.

Offers shall comply with the terms, conditions and instructions contained in the RFP. This cover is for informational purposes only to assist offerors with the preparation of bids. The RFP takes precedence over this cover sheet. Your attention is drawn to the following areas:

1. RFP Section L contains important information on proposal preparation. RFP Section M sets forth the evaluation methods for award.

2. Comments - The Government intends to award the contract resulting from this solicitation without discussions. See Section L provision FAR 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (FEB 2017). To facilitate this process, we would like to avoid situations where proposals include substantive exceptions to the proposed contract terms and conditions, which might be unacceptable to the Government and, therefore, preclude award. The resolution of any exceptions to terms and conditions prior to receipt of proposals will aid the Government in its intention to award without discussions and thus streamline the procurement process.

3. The FMSS procurement will be NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees is applicable to this procurement.

4. Provision L.10 (c), 1852.215-81, PROPOSAL PAGE LIMITATIONS, includes specific page limitation and format requirements. PAGES SUBMITTED IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS PROVISION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

5. Questions and comments shall be submitted no later than 12:00pm (EST) June 20, 2018. See provision L.4.

6. Please contact the Contract Specialist for badging instructions to gain access to Langley Research Center. If hand delivering your proposal a badge requests must be requested 72 hours in advance.

7. Section L, contains the proposal due date and delivery requirements. Section M, contain important information on proposal evaluation.

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Added: Apr 18, 2018 1:54 pm Modified: Jun 07, 2018 4:02 pmTrack Changes

June 07, 2018 Amendment 1.

June 05, 2018 Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) Solicitation

This notice is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1815.201.

Offers shall comply with the terms, conditions and instructions contained in the RFP. This cover is for informational purposes only to assist offerors with the preparation of bids. The RFP takes precedence over this cover sheet. Your attention is drawn to the following areas:

1. RFP Section L contains important information on proposal preparation. RFP Section M sets forth the evaluation methods for award.

2. Comments - The Government intends to award the contract resulting from this solicitation without discussions. See Section L provision FAR 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (FEB 2017). To facilitate this process, we would like to avoid situations where proposals include substantive exceptions to the proposed contract terms and conditions, which might be unacceptable to the Government and, therefore, preclude award. The resolution of any exceptions to terms and conditions prior to receipt of proposals will aid the Government in its intention to award without discussions and thus streamline the procurement process.

3. The FMSS procurement will be NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees is applicable to this procurement.

4. Provision L.10 (c), 1852.215-81, PROPOSAL PAGE LIMITATIONS, includes specific page limitation and format requirements. PAGES SUBMITTED IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS PROVISION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

5. Questions and comments shall be submitted no later than 12:00pm (EST) June 20, 2018. See provision L.4.

6. Please contact the Contract Specialist for badging instructions to gain access to Langley Research Center. If hand delivering your proposal a badge requests must be requested 72 hours in advance.

7. Section L, contains the proposal due date and delivery requirements. Section M, contain important information on proposal evaluation.

Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) Solicitation

This notice is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1815.201.
Offers shall comply with the terms, conditions and instructions contained in the RFP. This cover is for informational purposes only to assist offerors with the preparation of bids. The RFP takes precedence over this cover sheet. Your attention is drawn to the following areas:

1. RFP Section L contains important information on proposal preparation. RFP Section M sets forth the evaluation methods for award.

2. Comments - The Government intends to award the contract resulting from this solicitation without discussions. See Section L provision FAR 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (FEB 2017). To facilitate this process, we would like to avoid situations where proposals include substantive exceptions to the proposed contract terms and conditions, which might be unacceptable to the Government and, therefore, preclude award. The resolution of any exceptions to terms and conditions prior to receipt of proposals will aid the Government in its intention to award without discussions and thus streamline the procurement process.
3. The FMSS procurement will be NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees is applicable to this procurement.
4. Provision L.10 (c), 1852.215-81, PROPOSAL PAGE LIMITATIONS, includes specific page limitation and format requirements. PAGES SUBMITTED IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS PROVISION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
5. Questions and comments shall be submitted no later than 12:00pm (EST) June 20, 2018. See provision L.4.
6. Please contact the Contract Specialist for badging instructions to gain access to Langley Research Center. If hand delivering your proposal a badge requests must be requested 72 hours in advance.
7. Section L, contains the proposal due date and delivery requirements. Section M, contain important information on proposal evaluation.

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Added: Apr 18, 2018 1:54 pm Modified: Jun 05, 2018 12:25 pmTrack Changes

Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) Solicitation

This notice is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1815.201.

Offers shall comply with the terms, conditions and instructions contained in the RFP. This cover is for informational purposes only to assist offerors with the preparation of bids. The RFP takes precedence over this cover sheet. Your attention is drawn to the following areas:

1. RFP Section L contains important information on proposal preparation. RFP Section M sets forth the evaluation methods for award.

2. Comments - The Government intends to award the contract resulting from this solicitation without discussions. See Section L provision FAR 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (FEB 2017). To facilitate this process, we would like to avoid situations where proposals include substantive exceptions to the proposed contract terms and conditions, which might be unacceptable to the Government and, therefore, preclude award. The resolution of any exceptions to terms and conditions prior to receipt of proposals will aid the Government in its intention to award without discussions and thus streamline the procurement process.

3. The FMSS procurement will be NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees is applicable to this procurement.

4. Provision L.10 (c), 1852.215-81, PROPOSAL PAGE LIMITATIONS, includes specific page limitation and format requirements. PAGES SUBMITTED IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS PROVISION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

5. Questions and comments shall be submitted no later than 12:00pm (EST) June 20, 2018. See provision L.4.

6. Please contact the Contract Specialist for badging instructions to gain access to Langley Research Center. If hand delivering your proposal a badge requests must be requested 72 hours in advance.

7. Section L, contains the proposal due date and delivery requirements. Section M, contain important information on proposal evaluation.

NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) contract. This pre-solicitation synopsis is related to the Sources Sought notice, "SS-FMSS-2018, Force Measurement Support Services" which was posted to FBO on January 11, 2018. The goal is to provide high quality force measurement and strain measurement capabilities in order to meet the mission objectives of NASA. This includes, but is not limited to, sustainment of current force measurement capabilities and development and advancement new capabilities and technologies that will evolve over the life of the contract.
1. A Draft Statement of Work (SOW) has been attached to this synopsis.
2. 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.
3. The procurement will be conducted as a full and open competition under NAICS code and Small Business Size Standard 334511 and 1250 employees, respectively.
4. The contract type will be Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) or Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) for Task Orders. The Government intends to award up to 2 contracts.
5. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held as indicated below:
Date: May 2, 2018
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: NASA Langley Research Center, Building 2102 - The Pearl Young
10 West Taylor Street
Hampton, VA

Other Information, as applicable:

• Opening Remarks
• LaRC Presentations
• Lunch Break
• Tour/One-on-Ones
• Questions and Answers - Prospective Offerors are requested to submit any written questions to the Contract Specialist before the pre-proposal conference. This will allow the Government time to assess the questions and respond at the conference. Questions received will be answered by an amendment to the solicitation.

Please contact Contract Specialist, Ola Charles at larc-fmss@mail.nasa.gov, to register for the conference. The conference will be limited to US citizens only. Please provide a list of planned attendees no later than noon on April 27, 2018.

The briefing will be unclassified. The conference slides and questions/answers will be posted to FEDBIZOPPS (FBO.gov) after the conference via amendment.

6. The following are ESTIMATED key milestones dates (NOTE: These are estimated dates only and may change at any time. Any changes will be posted to www.fob.gov.)
Milestone Date
Pre-Solicitation Conference May 02, 2018
RFP Issuance May 16, 2018
Proposals Due July 03, 2018
Award August 18, 2018

No solicitation is currently available; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps. It is the potential Offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.
7. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available via the internet on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at the following address: https://www.fbo.gov/.
It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FBO site for 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).
8. All contractual and technical questions may be submitted in writing to
larc-fmss@mail.nasa.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.

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Added: Apr 18, 2018 1:54 pm NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Force Measurement Support Services (FMSS) contract. This pre-solicitation synopsis is related to the Sources Sought notice, "SS-FMSS-2018, Force Measurement Support Services" which was posted to FBO on January 11, 2018. The goal is to provide high quality force measurement and strain measurement capabilities in order to meet the mission objectives of NASA. This includes, but is not limited to, sustainment of current force measurement capabilities and development and advancement new capabilities and technologies that will evolve over the life of the contract.

1. A Draft Statement of Work (SOW) has been attached to this synopsis.

2. 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.

3. The procurement will be conducted as a full and open competition under NAICS code and Small Business Size Standard 334511 and 1250 employees, respectively.

4. The contract type will be Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) or Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) for Task Orders. The Government intends to award up to 2 contracts.

5. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held as indicated below:

Date: May 2, 2018
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: NASA Langley Research Center, Building 2102 - The Pearl Young
10 West Taylor Street
Hampton, VA

Other Information, as applicable:

• Opening Remarks
• LaRC Presentations
• Lunch Break
• Tour/One-on-Ones
• Questions and Answers - Prospective Offerors are requested to submit any written questions to the Contract Specialist before the pre-proposal conference. This will allow the Government time to assess the questions and respond at the conference. Questions received will be answered by an amendment to the solicitation.

Please contact Contract Specialist, Ola Charles at larc-fmss@mail.nasa.gov, to register for the conference. The conference will be limited to US citizens only. Please provide a list of planned attendees no later than noon on April 27, 2018.

The briefing will be unclassified. The conference slides and questions/answers will be posted to FEDBIZOPPS (FBO.gov) after the conference via amendment.

6. The following are ESTIMATED key milestones dates (NOTE: These are estimated dates only and may change at any time. Any changes will be posted to www.fob.gov.)

Milestone                                                               Date
Pre-Solicitation Conference                               May 02, 2018
RFP Issuance                                                    May 16, 2018
Proposals Due                                                  July 03, 2018
Award                                                               August 18, 2018

No solicitation is currently available; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps. It is the potential Offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

7. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available via the internet on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at the following address: https://www.fbo.gov/.

It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FBO site for 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).

8. All contractual and technical questions may be submitted in writing to
larc-fmss@mail.nasa.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.