SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY-II AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGSUPPORT
- Notice Date
- 9/12/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.M, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG08269474L
- Response Due
- 9/26/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2009
- Point of Contact
- Lois E. McDuffee, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-9083, Fax 301-286-1720, - Maria McNamee, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-4163, Fax 301-286-6299, />
- E-Mail Address
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Lois.E.McDuffee@nasa.gov, Maria.L.McNamee@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- 8a Competitive
- Description
- NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) contract for Multi-DisciplinaryEngineering and Technology Services (METS) was established to provide engineering andrelated services with an emphasis in the areas of systems engineering, softwareengineering, information technology, and guidance navigation and control services toenable future science missions.The current METS contract is a cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite delivery, indefinitequantity (IDIQ) type with a current maximum contract ordering value of $250 million. Itwas awarded competitively as an 8(a) set-aside. Future projections and trends indicatethat the magnitude of potential work for the next 5 years could well exceed this currentvalue by almost double. The intent of this RFI is to share with industry our currentplans and considerations, to solicit capability statements from qualified 8(a) companies,and to solicit comments from industry.GSFC has developed these plans to enhance competition among qualified 8(a) companies, tocreate contracts of a magnitude more amenable to performance and management by qualified8(a) companies, and to focus logically related engineering disciplines in separatecontracts.GSFC plans to compete and award 2 separate 8(a) contracts. The first contract wouldinclude the majority of the elements of the Mission Engineering & Systems AnalysisDivision, Code 590, including systems engineering and guidance navigation and controlservices. It would also include a portion of the Instrument Systems & TechnologyDivision, Code 550; specifically those efforts that are currently incorporated in thecurrent METS contract.This contract will be known as METS-II as the follow-on contractto METS and remain a multidisciplinary services contract for AETD that is administeredout of Code 590.The second contract would include the work of the Software Engineering Division, Code580, including flight and ground software developments, science processing, and missionground, flight and science system development/engineering. This contract will be knownas the Software Engineering Support (SES) contract.There are specific functions, such as project management, that would still be required inboth planned contracts. To assist industry in reviewing this division of work, we areproviding a work statement for each of these contracts with this RFI. Note that the SESwork statement includes some flight software development and maintenance and missionoperations software engineering development currently obtained on a large businesscontract. We will supplement the SES work statement with additional details as they aredeveloped. Those supplements will be linked to this site as soon as they are available.GSFC currently expects to award both contracts as cost-plus-fixed-fee level-of-effort(LOE); however, we are soliciting industry feedback on the appropriateness of our choiceof contract type. We are planning to issue 2 separate requests for proposals (RFPs),one each for the 2 distinct efforts, with separate Source Evaluation Boards. Contractorscan, of course, propose on both RFPs.GSFC anticipates nearly simultaneous release ofboth draft RFPs in November 2008, with a release of the METS-II RFP in January 2009 anda release of the SES RFP in February 2009. Industry comments to the draft RFPs would bedue 2 weeks after draft RFP release. We anticipate that both RFPs will requiresubmission of proposals within 45 days. The anticipated award date for both contracts isNovember 1, 2009, after completion of 30-day phase-in purchase orders.Note that GSFCwill separately acquire Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS) via a separate, ongoing,small-business set-aside competition. FDSS consolidates work previously included underthe Multi-Mission Flight Software Support, the Mission Operations and Mission Services(MOMS), and the METS contracts.NASA/GSFC requests industry feedback related to the procurement strategyelements that are included in this RFI.Interested 8(a) organizations are requested to submit their capabilities andqualifications to perform the effort. Responses (30-page maximum including attachments)must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annualrevenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; 8(a) status (e. g., timeremaining in 8(a) program); number of years in business; affiliate information, if any:parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (ifpotential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering thepast five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type,dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phone number).Specific engineering examples of relevant experience, including detailed descriptions,are recommended. To facilitate a prompt review by the NASA team, a one-page summary shallbe included with your capability statement(s), which identifies your companys specificcapabilities that are relevant to the requirement. The summary page will not countagainst the maximum page limit. It is insufficient to provide only general brochures orgeneric information. Industry feedback related to the procurement strategy set forth inthis RFI will be excluded from the 30-page limit for capability statements.We intend to release the names, addresses, and points of contact of all respondentsunless specifically requested not to do so by the respondent. Questions should be directed, as follows, to: Multidisciplinary Engineering & Technology Services (METS II)Technical: Mr. Tom McCarthy, 301-286-8496Procurement: Ms. Lois McDuffee, 301-286-9083Software Engineering Support (SES)Technical: Mr. John Donohue, 301-286-8623Procurement: Ms. Maria McNamee, 301-286-4163This sources sought synopsis is for informational and planning purposes only and is notto be construed as a commitment by the Government; nor will the Government pay for anyinformation solicited. Since this is a sources sought announcement, no evaluation lettersand/or results will be issued to the respondents. You are requested to provide electronicresponses via e-mail to the Point of Contact (POC) listed at the end of this synopsisindicating which contract(s) you organization is interested in performing. Your responseis required by 1:00 p.m. local time on September 26, 2008. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites forthe release of any solicitation or synopsis.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.See Note26.The NAICS Code and Size Standard for both procurements are 541712 and 1,000 employees.This notice hereby cancels RFI #NNG08250692L, the previous synopses on METS-II. Companies should submit new capabilities statements for these two new competitions asdetailed in the above paragraphs.
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