Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) Spacecraft

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) TSIS-2 spacecraft solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to acquire a spacecraft and related services, including mission operations, for the Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) mission for the TSIS-2 Project, Code 424 within the Earth Science Projects Division. This acquisition will be conducted as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336414 and the small business size standard is 1250 employees. This competitive procurement will result in a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract with an estimated delivery date of the spacecraft to the launch site by December 2022. The anticipated contract award date is May 2020, with a June 2020 contract effective date. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities. In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by both the Government and Government Contractors, it is now Goddard Center policy that all procurement-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Should any issues arise with the conversion, please contact the Contracting Officer listed below. All documents related to this procurement, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, and any amendments will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Contract Opportunities (FBO) website at https://beta.sam.gov. Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates. NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 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. Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, in particular paragraph (f)(4) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions. This RFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC to procure or contract for these requirements. This request shall not be construed as authorization to proceed with, or be paid for charges incurred by performing any of the work called for in this solicitation. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than 12:00 PM (NOON) EST on February 13, 2020. Be advised, in accordance with Provision L.12(b), Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer no later than the closing date of this solicitation listed above. Offerors are reminded that a “Blackout Notice” for this procurement was distributed to all applicable NASA GSFC personnel concurrently with the release of the Final RFP to Industry. Therefore, all communications pertaining to this procurement shall be directed only to the Contract Specialist listed below. All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Colin Bornmann, Contracting Officer, at [email protected] no later than 12:00 PM (NOON) EST on December 20, 2019. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration. Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your proposals. QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES: Please find the attached Questions and Responses in regards to the TSIS-2 RFP. An amendment to the RFP with updated technical documentation, implementing the changes mentioned in the responses, is forthcoming. Also, find the attached project logo and updated GPR 7120.4A. AMENDMENT 2: In addition to the amendment 2 document, the Government is providing “red line” versions of the updated technical documents for ease of locating the changes that were made. Although these documents state “Draft,” they are in their final version; however please note the final contract documents that will be incorporated into the contract are the “non-red line” versions. Further, there is an uploaded document that which updates the question and response document that was posted on January 18, 2020 to beta.SAM.gov entitled, “Questions and Responses – Set #1”. This document is entitled "Revision Question and Answer Set".