Presolicitation - NASA Transformational Shared Services (NTSS)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposals (DRFP) for the NASA Transformational Shared Services (NTSS) Contract that will provide and support a broad range of functional NASA activities to include but not be limited to NASA Financial Management Services (FM), Human Resources Services (HR), Procurement Services (PR), Intelligent Automation Services (IAS), Agency Business Services (ABS) and, potentially, new lines of business and/or technical support services for NASA.

Note that a Request for Information (RFI) was issued on February 7, 2022, under Notice ID 80NSSC22RFISPIII with the title Sources Sought NSSC Service Provider Contract III. A separate RFI was posted on GSA on February 19, 2022, entitled, “NASA NSSC Service Provider Contract III - Market Research.”

The anticipated release date of the Draft RFP 80NSSC22R0026, for the NTSS Contract is on or about August 31, 2022.

The corresponding NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services and 21.5M, respectively. 

A hybrid Industry Day is planned for September 21, 2022. The in-person event will be held in the James Webb Auditorium located at NASA HQs in Washington, DC. The confirmed date and information on how to register to attend in-person or virtually will be provided in the DRFP.

One-on-one meetings with the NTSS Source Board can be requested by contacting the NTSS Contracting Officer. Meetings will be scheduled as requested and can be conducted in-person or virtually up and until the RFP is released and the blackout period begins.

The following tentative schedule applies:

Milestone                                           Tentative Date

Draft RFP released                             8/31/2022

Industry Day (Hybrid event)                9/21/2022

RFP released                                      10/26/2022

Proposal Due Date                              12/07/2022

Planned Award Date                             7/1/2023

Phase-in Start Date                               8/2/2023

Contract Effective Date                        10/1/2023

NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable.  The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf

This posting, in addition to any attached documents, will be available on www.Sam.gov.

It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website for the release of the NTSS DRFP, the Final RFP, and any subsequent amendments to these documents.  Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copies of the DRFP, RFP, and any related amendments.    

Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify the NTSS Contracting Officer of their intent to submit a proposal. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Desiree.L.Vogt@nasa.gov and Caitlin.M.Poulton@nasa.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.

THIS PRE-SOLITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.