SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- SOURCES SOUGHT SPECIAL NOTICE
- Notice Date
- 6/1/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- NNA0912345L
- Archive Date
- 6/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Kelly G Kaplan, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-5814, Fax 650-604-0912, Email kelly.g.kaplan@nasa.gov - Rachel Khattab, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-5237, Fax 650-604-0932, Email rachel.khattab@nasa.gov<br />
- E-Mail Address
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Kelly G Kaplan
(kelly.g.kaplan@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is seeking partners interested in developingcompetitive proposals in response to NASA Announcements of Opportunity (AOs). ARC isinterested in partners that can perform science investigations and research activities. In addition, information is sought on potential partners that, in addition to performingsubstantial research, can provide hardware, equipment or instrumentation that isnecessary to perform that proposed science investigation or research activity.NASA selects and procures scientific investigations (missions) through the NASAAnnouncement of Opportunity (AO) Process. A single Principal Investigator (PI) leads amission investigation team. The PI may be from any category of Government ornon-Government institution, including educational institutions, industry or nonprofitorganizations, or from one of the NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),other federally funded research and development centers, or other U.S. Governmentagencies. The mission team may be formed from any combination of these institutions. ARCmay respond to an AO in either a lead or support role.This synopsis/special notice may be posted annually, and may be updated more frequentlyas information becomes available regarding ARCs specific interests. ARC is currently considering responding to the AOs identified below:New Frontiers Program - NNH09ZDA007Ohttp://newfrontiers.larc.nasa.gov/ POC at ARC: Mary Walsh Mary.E.Walsh@nasa.gov, (650)604-1405Discovery Program - NNH09ZDA009JDraft AO planned to be released June 2009POC at ARC: Mary Walsh Mary.E.Walsh@nasa.gov, (650)604-1405Special Notice Response InstructionsPotential partners are encouraged to submit questions to the identified POC in writing. Pertinent information from questions and answers will be shared with all interestedparties, without disclosing the identity of the sources of the questions. Written responses shall:1)Not exceed 15 pages per Mission proposal (MP).More than one MP per potentialpartner is possible. 2)Use an Arial font text with a size not smaller than 12 point. 3)Address all requirements described.4)Provide a Point of Contact to address questions from NASA.Potential partners may submit their responses at any time. However, ARC reserves theright to complete its evaluation of responses for each planned AO in a time framenecessary to support timely submission of the AO proposal. 10 copies of each written response, with an electronic (PDF format) copy on CD must besubmitted to the POC listed above, Mary.E.Walsh@nasa.gov. ARC reserves the right to hold optional oral presentations with potential partners. Presentations will include a specified period of time to present and a specified time forquestions and answers.All responders to this notice should be aware that NASA support service contractors mayhave access to their proposals and may be involved in the review of submissions. Allcontracts used to support this effort will have appropriate safeguards in place. Allinformation received in response to this notice that is marked Proprietary will behandled and protected accordingly. NASA support service contractors are under anobligation to keep third-party proprietary information in confidence. By submitting aresponse to this notice, the responder is deemed to have consented to release ofproprietary information to such NASA support service contractors. Responses to thisnotice will not be returned. Criteria for Selection of Partner(s)All responders shall identify which of the proposed AOs their proposal would support. The responses will serve as the basis for selection. ARC will score the responses basedon alignment with the Agency, compliance with the AO requirements, feasibility of theconcept, and suitability to Ames. The requirements to be addressed by a proposer forevaluation are listed in relative order of importance below: For Mission Ideas:1. Provide recommended study topics or mission concepts related to the particular AO ofinterest and why the topic is relevant to the AO.2. Provide a concept of operations for the mission.3. List existing partners, if any, their role and related past performance andexperience.4. Identify a ROM cost.5. Indicate the resources (skills and time) that would be allocated to a potentialproposal phase of support For Full Mission Concepts:1. Provide recommended study topics or mission concepts related to the particular AO ofinterest and why the topic is relevant to the AO.2. Provide a concept of operations for the mission.3. Identify existing partners, their role in the proposed mission, and related pastperformance and experience.4.Address payload and mission element capabilities the proposer has to offer;5. Identify particularly critical or challenging areas overcome in previous work;6. Identify spacecraft bus relevance and compliance to the applicable mission class(Class A, B, C, or D) 7. Discuss current capabilities for I & T flow for the spacecraft and payload(s);8. Identify support facilities the institution has available (fabrication, I & T,storage, etc.) for spacecraft and/or payload(s);9. Identify ROM schedules and costing for spacecraft and instruments 10. List the skills available to support a spacecraft and payload through all missionphases.11. Indicate the resources (skills and time) that would be allocated to a potentialproposal phase of support Acronyms ListAOAnnouncement of OpportunityARCAmes Research CenterNASANational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPOCPoint of ContactROMRough Order of MagnitudeNo solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sitesfor the release of any solicitation or synopsis.Responses should include the following: name and address of firm, size of business;average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether theyare large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, and/or woman-owned; whether thecompany is US-owned or internationally-owned; number of years in business; affiliateinformation: parent company (US or international), joint venture partners, potentialteaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potentialprime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant workperformed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and pointof contact - address and phone number). Technical questions should be directed to:Mary.E.Walsh@nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to the POC listedbelow.This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as acommitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Information about major upcoming ARC procurement actions is available athttp://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eis/admin/admin.cgi?center=ARC Please reference NNA0912345L in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at thefollowing URLs linked below.
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