SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- MISSION SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND TEST COST MODEL REPORT
- Notice Date
- 4/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.M, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG08233780
- Response Due
- 4/22/2008
- Archive Date
- 4/8/2009
- Point of Contact
- Yolanda A. Williams, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-0689, Fax 301-286-9159
- E-Mail Address
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Yolanda.A.Williams@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) intends to award a sole-source purchaseorder to COST, INC. The governing statutory provision is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), "Only OneResponsible Source", in support of The Office of Systems Safety and Mission Assurance(OSSMA), Resource Analysis Office (RAO).This procurement is to extend the purchase order period to 4 months, from May 1, 2008through August 31, 2008 in order to ensure RAO's critical mission support continuity andto avoid significant technical and programmatic impacts to GSFC, until a Collection,Evaluation and Parametric Analysis of Acquisition Data (CEPAAD) competitive contract isawarded.RAO's mission is to provide capability to GSFC Center management for independent cost andscheduling estimating, risk assessment, and mission risk success, utilizing existing andprojected programs, their cost, technical, programmatic, and acquisition implementationapproach. Their responsibility includes the development and maintenance of current costmodels supported by resource and technical databases, compiled from current andhistorical data derived and collected from NASA's "corporate memory", as well as fromon-going market surveys, cost projections, quotes, bids, and estimates. This capabilityis critical to the efficient operation of the Center, in that it involves the developmentof accurate resource estimation and forecasting models for the planning and acquisitionof future spacecrafts programs and ancillary scientific instruments, scientific payloadsand suites, mission systems integration and test, and other key resource elements (i.e.cost, schedule, workforce, and risk assessment). The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12 and the SimplifiedAcquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13.Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing to YOLANDA WILLIAMS viaemail at Yolanda.A.Williams@nasa.gov or fax at 301-286-1720 (email preferred), no laterthan April 14, 2008, Eastern Standard Time (EST). It is the offeror's responsibility fordownloading their own copy of this notice and amendments (if any). Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m., EasternStandard Time on April 22, 2008. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluatedsolely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on acompetitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed efforton a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solelywithin the discretion of the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URL's linked below.
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- Record
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