NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV - FINAL Request for Proposal

UPDATE #1 - The Government anticipates releasing the responses to the questions received for this RFP the week of 04/18/22. The Government anticipates the due date for the RFP to be extended to 05/04/22. This information will be updated with the release of the formal amendment to the RFP the week of 04/18/22. 

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR). The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award Fee (CPAF) contract with core requirements and IDIQ requirements with the ability to issue CPAF task orders. The IDIQ portion of the contract will have an effective ordering period of five (5) years from the contract effective date, and the core portion of the contract will have a 12-month Base Period and four (4) 12-month options.

Please see the attached cover letter for further information.

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR). The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award Fee (CPAF) contract with core requirements and IDIQ requirements with the ability to issue CPAF task orders. The IDIQ portion of the contract will have an effective ordering period of five (5) years from the contract effective date, and the core portion of the contract will have a 12-month Base Period and four (4) 12-month options.

Please see the attached cover letter for further information.

UPDATE #4: The Government anticipates releasing the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) no later than March 18, 2022. No further Questions and Government Responses will be posted before RFP release. Questions will be accepted after RFP release per the instructions provided in the RFP.

Further, please find Industry Day Slides in the "Attachments/Links" section of this posting.

UPDATE #3: Questions and Government Responses have been uploaded in the "Attachments/Links" section of this posting.

UPDATE #2: Please find the Industry Day Information at the following link https://sam.gov/opp/ca853169ab444d498ca8e9e8da725fac/view. The associated Notice ID is "80GSFC21R0037-IndustryDay ."

UPDATE #1: Please find the eLibrary at the following link https://sam.gov/opp/d0e709cfefca4ce7a7061a59b790f2ab/view. The associated Notice ID is "80GSFC21R0037-eLibrary."

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV solicitation.  The principal purpose of this requirement is to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR).  The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work.  Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements, and are also encouraged to comment on the DRFP CLIN structure, the clarity of the Representative Task Order (RTO) requirements and their ability to effectively price each RTO, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Colin R. Bornmann, Contracting Officer, at colin.r.bornmann@nasa.gov, within 14 calendar days after the release of this DRFP.  If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately.  However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response.  The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP.  To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP.  Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation.  The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

UPDATE #3: Questions and Government Responses have been uploaded in the "Attachments/Links" section of this posting.

UPDATE #2: Please find the Industry Day Information at the following link https://sam.gov/opp/ca853169ab444d498ca8e9e8da725fac/view. The associated Notice ID is "80GSFC21R0037-IndustryDay ."

UPDATE #1: Please find the eLibrary at the following link https://sam.gov/opp/d0e709cfefca4ce7a7061a59b790f2ab/view. The associated Notice ID is "80GSFC21R0037-eLibrary."

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV solicitation.  The principal purpose of this requirement is to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR).  The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work.  Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements, and are also encouraged to comment on the DRFP CLIN structure, the clarity of the Representative Task Order (RTO) requirements and their ability to effectively price each RTO, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Colin R. Bornmann, Contracting Officer, at colin.r.bornmann@nasa.gov, within 14 calendar days after the release of this DRFP.  If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately.  However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response.  The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP.  To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP.  Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation.  The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

UPDATE #2: Please find the Industry Day Information at the following link https://sam.gov/opp/ca853169ab444d498ca8e9e8da725fac/view. The associated Notice ID is "80GSFC21R0037-IndustryDay ."

UPDATE #1: Please find the eLibrary at the following link https://sam.gov/opp/d0e709cfefca4ce7a7061a59b790f2ab/view. The associated Notice ID is "80GSFC21R0037-eLibrary."

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV solicitation.  The principal purpose of this requirement is to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR).  The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work.  Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements, and are also encouraged to comment on the DRFP CLIN structure, the clarity of the Representative Task Order (RTO) requirements and their ability to effectively price each RTO, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Colin R. Bornmann, Contracting Officer, at colin.r.bornmann@nasa.gov, within 14 calendar days after the release of this DRFP.  If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately.  However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response.  The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP.  To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP.  Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation.  The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

UPDATE #1: Please find the eLibrary at the following link https://sam.gov/opp/d0e709cfefca4ce7a7061a59b790f2ab/view. The associated Notice ID is "80GSFC21R0037-eLibrary."

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV solicitation.  The principal purpose of this requirement is to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR).  The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work.  Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements, and are also encouraged to comment on the DRFP CLIN structure, the clarity of the Representative Task Order (RTO) requirements and their ability to effectively price each RTO, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Colin R. Bornmann, Contracting Officer, at colin.r.bornmann@nasa.gov, within 14 calendar days after the release of this DRFP.  If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately.  However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response.  The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP.  To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP.  Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation.  The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) IV solicitation.  The principal purpose of this requirement is to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR).  The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work.  Potential offerors should identify any unnecessary or inefficient requirements, and are also encouraged to comment on the DRFP CLIN structure, the clarity of the Representative Task Order (RTO) requirements and their ability to effectively price each RTO, and the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Colin R. Bornmann, Contracting Officer, at colin.r.bornmann@nasa.gov, within 14 calendar days after the release of this DRFP.  If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately.  However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response.  The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP.  To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP.  Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the GPE if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation.  The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).