SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- EOSDIS EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Notice Date
- 2/6/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG09239572J
- Archive Date
- 2/6/2010
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer A OConnell, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-5081, Fax 301-286-5373, />
- E-Mail Address
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Jennifer.A.OConnell@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal(DRFP) NNG09239572J for the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)Evolution and Development (EED). The Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS)Project is a part of the Earth Sciences Projects Division under the Flight ProjectsDirectorate. This effort will provide for development and sustaining engineering ofsoftware and hardware systems to facilitate science data management for the Earth ScienceData Information Systems project; including (but not limited to) the EOSDIS Core System(ECS), currently deployed at three data centers, and the Earth Observing System (EOS)Clearinghouse, which provide middleware for search and order of EOS data. Thissolicitation is being released for your consideration and comment on or about one weekafter its release. The final date for comments will be specified in the DRFPintroductory letter. This DRFP is for information and planning purposes. No proposal isrequested, and no contract will be awarded as a result of this DRFP. Potential Offerorsare invited to comment on all aspects of the solicitation, including the requirements,proposal instructions, and evaluation approach. If your comments include recommendationsfor revisions, you must provide your rationale for such revisions. The overall scope ofthis effort is to continuously improve the reliability, availability, and functionality,operability, and performance of the hardware and software systems within the EOSDIS whilereducing operational and maintenance costs. The Government anticipates a transitionperiod of no longer than 90 days.The SIC Code and Size Standard are 541512 and $23 million, respectively. Subcontractinggoals are established as follows: Total Small Business 14%, Small Disadvantaged Business11%, Women Owned Small Business 4.5%, HBCU/M.5%, HUBZone Small Business.5%, VeteranOwned Small Business 7.5%, and Services Disabled Veteran.5% (these rates all notaggregate of each other). Award of a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee, indefinite delivery,indefinite quantity contract is anticipated. Eligible large business prime contractors, not included on the List of Parties Excludedfrom Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs, who have at least one activesubcontracting plan, and who are approved as mentor firms may enter into agreements witheligible entities to provide appropriate developmental assistance to enhance thecapabilities of these protgs to perform as subcontractors and suppliers. TheMentor-Protg program will be used as an award fee incentive if proposed per NFS1918.72. This program is designed to incentivize NASA prime contractors to assist smalldisadvantaged business (SDB) concerns, Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs), minority institutions (MIs) and women-owned small business (WOSB) concerns, inenhancing their capabilities to perform as NASA contractors and subcontracts, foster theestablishment of long-term business relationships between these entities and NASA primecontractors, and increase the overall number of these entities that receive NASA contractand subcontract awards.An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note B.The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over theInternet. The WWW address or URL of the NASA GSFC Business Opportunities page ishttp://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html.Prospective offerors are requested to promptly notify this office of their intent tosubmit an offer by email. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor theaforementioned Internet site for the release of the DRFP. Potential offerors will beresponsible for downloading their own copy of the DRFP. Any referenced notes can beviewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html.NASA anticpates issuance of the final Request for Proposal (RFP) in April 2009. Please submit your comments in writing to the draft RFP, via electronic mail within twoweeks from the date of the publication to: Jennifer.A.OConnell@nasa.govWe have appreciated your support in providing useful ideas and comments during our marketresearch phase and we encourage your continued participation. We look forward toreceiving your comments on this DRFP. If you have any questions, you may contact eitherContracting Officer, Jennifer OConnell at 301-286-5081 or Lynne Hoppel at 301-286-3035.Reference Library: In order to assist in potential offerors in familiarizing themselveswith the nature of the services required to support the EED procurement a referencelibrary has been established on the internet: The URL will be provided in DRFP.
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