NASA Sounding Rockets Operations Contract (NSROC) III Contract Extension

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) intends to issue a contract extension to the NSROC III (NASA Sounding Rockets Operations Contract) contract pursuant to the statutory authority for other than full and open competition, 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. The scope of the NSROC III contract includes but is not limited to the following: design, fabricate, integrate, and perform flight qualification testing of sub-orbital payloads; provide launch vehicles and associated hardware; and provide various activities associated with subsequent mission launch operations. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. This procurement will provide a contract extension for a period of 8 months with four - 1-month options for a total of 12 months, for the period of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, to allow for the continuation of services until the follow-on competitive procurement is awarded. This contract extension will be to the existing cost-plus fixed fee with technical performance incentive fee type contract. This contract extension is necessary in order to allow for the continuation of these services in order to avoid disruption to the Sounding Rockets Program Office (SRPO). WFF’s need for these services is to ensure program continuity and critical mission supports and to avoid significant impacts to GSFC. It is likely that award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements. Interested parties may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contract no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Standard time on June 30, 2022. The capability statement should include, but not limited to, the company name, address, phone number, point of contract, and any relevant qualifications. 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 competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. 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. No solicitation exists for this synopsis. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. The Government will not be responsible for any cost incurred by interested parties in preparation of information or documents related to this extension.