NASA academic mission services - nams

NASA has selected Universities Space Research Association (USRA) of Columbia, Maryland, to provide academic/university-based program and project support for science and engineering teams at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.

The NASA Academic Mission Services (NAMS) contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a total value of approximately $193 million and a two-year base period, one two-year option, and one one-year option. The services to be acquired cannot be performed on a fixed price basis because it is not possible to adequately define the requirements, functional or detailed specifications for these services in advance.

USRA will provide NASA with capabilities to fulfill mission requirements from fundamental research and development to field-test deployments and operational science missions. The contractor also must maintain effective methods for attracting and retaining leading-edge researchers and facilitating interactive participation and engagement of researchers and students with Ames employees.

This is a modification to Solicitation NNA14488849R, titled NASA Academic Mission Services (NAMS), which was posted on Nov 07, 2013. The final RFP was posted on 20 Jan 2015.

The estimated schedule for NAMS has been revised and is located on NASA's Acquisition Planning Tool (APT) website:

https://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/doi ng_business/index.php?apt

All current and future information relating to the NAMS requirement will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA Business Opportunities home page is https://prod.nais.nasa.g ov/cgibin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin

This is a modification to Solicitation NNA14488849R, titled NASA Academic Mission Services (NAMS), which was posted on Nov 07, 2013. The final RFP was posted on 20 Jan 2015.

Questions from industry will be accepted via email only to the Contracting Officer (jeremy.r.messer@nasa.gov ) NLT 03 Feb 2015. Questions previously submitted, if still valid, will need to be re-submitted.

All current and future information relating to the NAMS requirement will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA Business Opportunities home page is https://prod.nais.nasa.g ov/cgibin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin .

This is a modification to Solicitation NNA14488849R, titled NASA Academic Mission Services (NAMS), which was posted on Nov 07, 2013.

This is a notification to interested parties that the NAMS acquisition is delayed. The following revised dates are the anticipated release of specific procurement actions: Final Request For Proposal (RFP) release January 2015; Proposal due date March 2015 (no less than 60 days following issuance of final solicitation inclusion of questions from industry); Oral Presentations April 2015; and Contract Award anticipated August 2015. The firm date for receipt of proposals will be stated in the RFP.

When the Final RFP is released, it is anticipated that there will be a 2-week period allowed for questions from industry. Questions previously submitted, if still valid, will need to be re-submitted at that time.

All current and future information relating to the NAMS requirement will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA Business Opportunities home page is https://prod.nais.nasa.g ov/cgibin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin .

This is a modification to Solicitation NNA14488849R, titled NASA Academic Mission Services (NAMS), which was posted on Nov 07, 2013.

This is a notification to interested parties that NASA Ames is resuming the NAMS acquisition. The following dates remain the anticipated release of specific procurement actions: Final Request For Proposal (RFP) release December 2014; Proposal due date February 2015 (no less than 60 days following issuance of final solicitation inclusion of questions from industry); Oral Presentations March 2015; and Contract Award anticipated August 2015. The firm date for receipt of proposals will be stated in the RFP.

When the Final RFP is released, it is anticipated that there will be a 2-week period allowed for questions from industry. Questions previously submitted, if still valid, will need to be re-submitted at that time.

All current and future information relating to the NAMS requirement will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA Business Opportunities home page is https://prod.nais.nasa.g ov/cgibin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin .

This is a modification to Solicitation NNA14488849R, titled NASA Academic Mission Services (NAMS), which was posted on Nov 07, 2013.

Due to the Agencys implementation of the Technical Capabilities Assessment Team (TCAT) and its potential impact to this solicitation, Ames Management has decided to stop all actions relating to the current NAMS requirements. It is the intention of Ames Management to continue with the NAMS requirement once the Agencys TCAT decisions are made. Once the decision to proceed with this solicitation is made, Ames will issue a notification to the public. All dates initially stated under the NAMS requirement are hereby no longer valid. Ames will not be entertaining any questions regarding the NAMS requirement at this time. All previous questions that were submitted during Industry Day and for the Draft Solicitation will need to be re-submitted (if still valid) once the Final RFP is released. When the Final RFP is released, it is anticipated that there will be a 2-week period allowed for questions from industry.

The anticipated release of specific procurement actions are as follows: Final Solicitation release December 2014; Proposal due date February 2015 (no less than 60 days following issuance of final solicitation); Oral Presentations March 2015; and Contract Award anticipated August 2015. The firm date for receipt of proposals will be stated in the RFP.

All current and future information relating to the NAMS requirement will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA Business Opportunities home page is https://prod.nais.nasa.g ov/cgibin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin .

NASA/ARC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the NASA Academic Mission Services (NAMS) requirement. The NAMS contract will provide Ames Research Center (ARC) with capabilities to fulfill mission requirements from fundamental research and development through field-test deployments and operational science missions. This effort will provide academic or university-based research support for science and engineering teams at the Center. Offerors will need to demonstrate effective methods for attracting and retaining leading edge researchers and facilitating interactive participation and engagement of researchers and students with NASA ARC.

A previous Sources Sought Notice (NNA14488849L) for this requirement was posted on August 22, 2013 as part of ARCs market research. A previous Synopsis for this requirement was posted on November 07, 2013 under the number NNA1488849R.

At this time the Government is releasing a DRAFT Request for Proposal (DRFP). The Government is seeking written comments from interested parties on the DRFP, NNA14488849R, NAMS. The due date for responses is March 31, 2014.

The Government intends to hold the Pre-Solicitation Conference (Industry Day) at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA the morning of Mar 19, 2014. Additional information regarding the upcoming Pre-Solicitation Conference will be provided at a later date.

The anticipated release timeframes of specific procurement actions are as follows: Industry Day Mar 19, 2014; Final Solicitation (RFP) release May 2014; Proposal due date July 2014 (45 days following issuance of final solicitation); Oral Presentations July 2014; and Contract Award anticipated Dec 2014. The firm date for receipt of proposals will be stated in the RFP.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.

Competition for this requirement is limited to domestic degree-granting universities, university systems, or non-profit organizations using the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Development, or Research Capability; or Expert Services.

The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541712 and 500, respectively.

All responsible sources within the limitations stated above may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.

The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA Business Opportunities home page is https://prod.nais.nasa.g ov/cgibin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin .

It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet 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).

NASA Clause 1852.215.84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_library/Omb.html . The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be released to the public over the Internet. These documents will posted on the NASA/ARC Business Opportunities website at http://prod.nais.nasa .gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=21 .

All questions and comments related to the DRFP must be submitted in writing by e-mail to Jeremy Messer at jeremy.r.messer@nasa.gov. Please include the phrase NAMS in the subject line. Telephone questions will not be accepted.