SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- NASA INTEGRATED TECHNICAL STANDARDS SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 4/22/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall SpaceFlight Center, AL 35812
- ZIP Code
- 35812
- Solicitation Number
- NNM11378229Q
- Response Due
- 5/6/2011
- Archive Date
- 4/22/2012
- Point of Contact
- Michael R Thomas, Contract Specialist, Phone 256-544-3370, Fax 256-544-4726, Email Michael.R.Thomas@nasa.gov - Jeannette S. Swearingen, Contract Specialist, Phone 256-544-1395, Fax 256-544-5028, Email jeannette.s.swearingen@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Michael R Thomas
(Michael.R.Thomas@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATIONBACKGROUNDIt is important that qualified NASA personnel and NASA contractor personnel have readyaccess to Technical Standards Products and other NASA-developed documents provided by theNASA Technical Standards Project Office to the contractor, including Lessons Learned/BestPractices/Application Notes, and standards update notification system in order toaccomplish their assigned tasks through a single access point via their individualcomputer workstationsNASA intends to award a contract for the NASA Integrated Technical Standards System(ITSS). Currently there are two separate contracts: NNM06AA02C for ElectronicSubscription Delivery of Standards Products (ESDSP) and NNM06AA03C for ITSS. The currentcontracts are held by Information Handling Services (IHS) and have a period ofperformance through 06/29/2011. However, NASA intends to combine the two into onecontract for this award. The anticipated contract will consist of a one (1) year base andtwo (2) 1-year options. NASA Integrated Technical Standards System is to providequalified Agency wide NASA users and NASA contractors with effective access to technicalstandards from Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) through a fully integrated andseamless system. NASA INTEGRATED TECHNICAL STANDARDS SYSTEM (ITSS) The current capabilities of the NASA Integrated Technical Standards System componentsare: 1.The ITSS provides electronic subscription delivery of standards products plusnecessary document metadata and access to standards documents integrated into the NASAIntegrated Technical Standards System.The current Agency-wide Full-Text TechnicalStandards System, accessible at http://standards.nasa.gov, has as its principalobjective the retrieval and dissemination of standards documents and related informationto NASA personnel and NASA Contractor users in an expeditious manner. The systemprovides one-stop access to Technical Standards Products (i.e., standards,specifications, handbooks, guidelines, recommended practices, etc.) developed by NASA andother government and non-government Standards Developing Organizations (SDO), as well asto other NASA-developed documents (e.g., NASA Directives). This ITSS provides access toStandards Products via the web to individual user workstations. The user is providedon-demand access to the standard or other document if it is electronically available, orthe capability to order the hard copy or electronic document.2.Notification of changes to technical standards are provided by the ITSS. Changesto technical standards can have major impacts on the safety, performance, reliability,and cost of NASAs programs and projects. The ITSS allows users to register NASA, othergovernment, and non-government developed standards documents to receive automaticnotifications when the document is revised, superseded, cancelled, etc. A capability isprovided in the ITSS for maintaining the notification and tracking system to ensureupdates to standards are accurate and current. 3.The capability is provided within the ITSS to integrate any technical standardwith the Agencys lessons learned (LL) data, best practices (BP) data and applicationnotes (AN). This capability for communicating and sharing past scientific and technicalexperience is crucial to the Agencys continued success in maintaining scientific andtechnical excellence and in mission accomplishments in the future. By providinghyperlinks to all NASA LL/BPs/ANs and identifying those that have applicability to theuse of individual Technical Standards products, this the ITSS enhances the users abilityto apply the best and most current technical knowledge to the task being addressed. 4.The ITSS provides a strategic and cost effective licensing approach for standardsand related documents accessed by NASA.5.The ITSS provides access or links to Engineering tools (e.g. components and partsdatabases, material databases, logistic databases, etc.) NASA User Community. The contractor selected shall provide access via the ITSS to theNASA user community comprised of NASA personnel and NASA contractor personnel residing ateach of the 16 NASA Facilities and their ancillary facilities located outside the NASAFacilities physical boundaries, whose identity and authenticity have been verified bythe NTSP Office. PURPOSEThe purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to allow interested companies whofeel that they can potentially perform the attached Draft Statement of Work to submit aCapability Statement detailing their qualifications, existing system technologies andcapabilities to provide access to the needed standards. RESPONSE TO THIS RFIIn your response provide the following information:1. Can you provide cost effective access to the document types listed in the Appendicesof the draft Statement of Work?2. Can you provide access to all of the listed Standards Development Organizations listedin the Appendices of the draft Statement of Work?If not, which ones can you not provide, and why?3. In case of exclusivity agreements, are there any cost effective ways that you canstill provide the documents listed in the Appendices of the draft Statement of Work?4. Can you provide subscription services for the frequently accessed StandardsDevelopment Organizations?5. Can you provide a deposit account capability for limited accessed standardorganizations?6. Does your system provide supporting data and information so that NASA engineers willhave confidence that they have the right information?7. Can your system provide access to the standards data across multiple locations? Doesyour system provide worldwide access via the Internet?8. Can your system provide access, timing, and cost efficient metric information? If sowhat metric information is available?9. Can your system safeguard the integrity of your compliance management and documentcontrol systems? 10. How does your system keep up-to-date with the standard changes? 11. Can your system provide instantaneous download of the requested standards in commonused formats? (eg. PDF, Word)12. Can your system provide electronic and hardcopies of the requested standards? Forhard copies, what is it average shipping time on requests?13. Do you have a customer service capability?If so, what is its staffing hours? Whatis it average turnaround time on a customer service request?14. Does your system have the capability for full-text searching? Does your system havean advanced filters capability for searching documents? 15. Can you provide access to Engineering tools? If so what type of tools?16. Does your system provide for simultaneous access to the standards?If so how manyusers can have simultaneous access to a given Standard Development Organization and theirstandards?17. How does your system design provide for contingency access to the information if theprimary storage location is damaged or losses data or power access?SUBMISSION OF RESPONSE TO THIS RFIOrganizations responding to thei RFI with the relevant capabilities statement informationshould submit their response no later than 4:30 PM Central Standard Time, on Friday, May6th, 2011. RFI submissions will be accepted as email attachments only, addressed tomichael.r.thomas@nasa.gov with ITSS RFI Response in the subject line. The file formatshould not exceed 25 pages, and should use single space, 12-point, Times New Romanformat. The following file naming convention should be used; NASA Integrated TechnicalStandards System-(Insert Company Name).Although all comments received will be carefully reviewed and considered for inclusion inany possible later Agency action relative to the scope of work for the NASA IntegratedTechnical Standards System, the Government does not desire to enter into a formalcontractual arrangement at this time. Respondents will not be notified of the results ofthe review of their response to the RFI.NASA will not publicly disclose proprietary information obtained as a result of the RFI.To the full extent that it is protected by law and regulations, information identified bya respondent as Proprietary or Confidential will be kept confidential. This RFI is being used to obtain information for planning purposes only relative to thedevelopment of a final scope of work and the Government does not presently intend toaward a contract at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this noticeare not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a bindingcontract. This RFI is subject to FAR 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation forPlanning Purposes (Oct 1997).CONTACTS:For further information please contact the following:a. Procurement Point of ContactName: Mike ThomasTitle: Contract Specialist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Phone: 256-544-3370Fax: 256-544-5028Email: michael.r.thomas@nasa.gov
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