SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- NEXT GENERATION LAND MOBILE RADIO
- Notice Date
- 1/20/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.P, Greenbelt, MD
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNG14534898L
- Response Due
- 2/3/2015
- Archive Date
- 1/20/2016
- Point of Contact
- Keisha S Willingham, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-3010, Fax 301-286-2226, Email Keisha.S.Willingham@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Keisha S Willingham
(Keisha.S.Willingham@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for maintaining the existing Harris Enhanced Digital Access Communication System (EDACS) LMR systems at the Greenbelt and Wallops campuses which were installed in 2005 and have components that have reached the End of Life (EOL).This procurement is a follow-on effort to the requirement currently being performed under contract NNG10FG01C for LMR Maintenance. The Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining the coverage and services provided by the existing system; maintain all system software, informing NASA when software updates are available, and installing the software required to activate new product features or improve the security and availability of the LMR System; have access to replacement parts to support corrective maintenance service requirements and allow NASA to purchase hand-held radios, desktop and vehicular radios and compatible accessories for the term of the contract. This procurement is a full and open competitive procurement. This is a Request for Information (RFI) and is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government will not award a contract on the basis of this notice, or otherwise pay for information solicited by it. Proprietary information should be clearly marked. The requested information is for planning and market research purposes only and will not be publicly released. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.201(e), RFIs may be used when the Government does not presently intend to award a contract, but wants to obtain price, delivery, other market information, or capabilities for planning purposes. Responses to these notices are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government for a binding contract. As such, the NASA/GSFC is issuing a RFI to solicit information from prospective Contractors to assist in requirements development and budgetary planning. Interested parties are invited to submit a statement of capability outlining past work that is related to this requirement. Your capabilities statement shall not exceed three (3) pages total (Times New Roman, Font 12, one inch margins), excluding the cover page. Separate from your Capability Statement, NASA/GSFC requests that the Contractors provide answers to the following questions to assist in market research and planning activities. The response to the numbered list of questions below shall not exceed ten (10) pages in total (Times New Roman, Font 12, one inch margin). 1.Indicate your approach to providing support to GSFCs (Greenbelt and Wallops) existing LMR system given the systems age and multiple components that have reached EOL. This should include possible sources for parts and materials. 2.Indicate your approach to responding to GSFCs requirements (SOW 6.2.2 and 6.2.3). The information provided in your responses to the RFI may or may not lead to a posting of a solicitation. Any information used will be on a non-attribution basis. Restrictions that would limit the Governments ability to use the information for these purposes are of limited value to the Government and are discouraged. Respondents will not receive feedback on the information obtained through this RFI process. RFI response must be directed to the point of contact listed below no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 3, 2015. Responses should be submitted via e-mail. NASA is seeking capabilities from large businesses, as well as from small, small disadvantaged, small disadvantaged veteran-owned, and women owned small businesses for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition. In addition to the aforementioned, responses shall also include a cover page that includes the following (limited to 1 page, formatted as above): name and address of firm, size of business, average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees, ownership, whether the business is large, small, disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, small, small disadvantaged veteran owned (SDVOSB), and/or woman-owned; number of years in business; affiliate information; parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); and point of contact-position, address and phone number. When responding reference NNG14534898L. Comments shall be forwarded to Keisha S. Willingham via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_library/Omb.html. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.na sa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.
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