NNA16BD60C – AEMMS – IDIQ Value Increase

NASA/ARC has a requirement to increase the Estimated IDIQ Maximum Value of the Aeronautics and Exploration Mission Modeling and Simulation (AEMMS) Contract.  A modification reflecting this increase, which applies to Option Period Three of the contract, will be issued for the period June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021.

NASA/ARC intends to increase the estimated contract value of the AEMMS Contract, which was awarded through full and open competition, to Science and Technology Corporation (STC) in June 2016.  This increase is required due to an unexpected growth in modeling and simulation for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and UAS Traffic Management (UTM), and also analysis of spaceflight  vehicles and overall Artemis architecture. 

NASA is using the authority of other than full and open competition, 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).  Justification is based on STCs unique expertise in the development, modification, integration, application, and validation of various modeling and simulation tools as well as their ability to provide continuity of service through the end of the current contract. Award to another source during the same period of performance would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirement.

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

Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Naomi Castillo-Velasquez at Naomi.Castillo-Velasquez@nasa.gov not later than 1:00 p.m. local time on June 19, 2020.  Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government.

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