SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BJ
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ05BJ089R
- Response Due
- 8/5/2005
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2006
- Description
- NASA/JSC has a requirement for the continuation of the Aircraft Operations Systems Support (AOSS) services to provide real-time operations for its legacy systems, software development, information technology services, implementation services of its current systems, aeronautical engineering design services and sustaining support to the Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD), the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations Division flight operations systems at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas. In addition, there are responsibilities in the forward operating locations at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Dryden Flight Research Center, California, and in El Paso, Texas. The effort provides options to deploy and support the deliverables provided to other aircraft operations field centers across NASA in support of the Integrated Asset Management (IAM) Program. NASA/JSC intends to purchase the services from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The base period of performance of the contract will be from August 25, 2006 through August 24, 2009 with two 1-year options for extensions of services through August 24, 2011. The statutory authority for proceeding with this acquisition under Other Than Full and Open Competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as contemplated by the provision of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), which states that full and open competition need not be provided for when the services required by the Agency may be deemed to be available from one orginal source in the case of a follow-on contract, for the continued provision of highly specialized services. The provision also states that this exception is applicable when it is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition or there would be unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Agency's requirements. The original JOFOC for the current AOSS was approved by the JSC Competition Advocate of July 16, 2001. This JOFOC determined that, pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), continued support by SAIC was essential to prevent a lapse in the real-time operations and sustaining support services to JSC. SAIC has developed most of the existing legacy systems during the past eight years and acquired a unique level of expertise and corporate knowledge necessary to provide the required program support that is currently not available from any other source. SAIC possesses an independent certification of the SEI CMMI (Capabilities Maturity Model ? Integrated) Level 3 or better quality assurance standard, has the documentation, facilities, and the personnel expertise required for all areas of the AOSS requirement. These qualifications and resources are not available from any other company and have become even more specialized in a wide variety of areas since the the beginning of Fiscal Year 1998. The consistency provided by the developer of the software for these functions can only be provided by SAIC and this consistency is required by the Government to sustain these vital functions. The safety risk to the Government associated with transitioning a new contractor cannot be accepted at this time due to the criticality of the work effort. Because of these considerations, including the unacceptable costs and delays that would be incurred to conduct a competition and/or select a different contractor, the potential benefits from competition do not justify accepting these substantial risks for the FCOD. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. See Note 22. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B". Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html
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