SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- U.S. Global Change Research Support Program National Coordination Office Support Services
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2020 12:55:10 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 20546 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20546
- Solicitation Number
- 80HQTR20R0016
- Response Due
- 3/18/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 04/02/2020
- Point of Contact
- Cassandra K. Moore
- E-Mail Address
-
cassandra.k.moore@nasa.gov
(cassandra.k.moore@nasa.gov)
- Description
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals to provide support for the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) National Coordination Office (NCO). This also may include support for a Technical Support Unit (TSU) for one of the working groups of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) should the United States take on the leadership of one of the Working Groups�during the lifetime of the contract.� The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. Information obtained will be used to assist NASA Headquarters in determining what sources are available that have the required capabilities and are interested in supporting this program.� NASA Headquarters requirements include, but are not limited to, the following: Provide program, technical, financial management, and administrative staff support for the USGCRP National Coordination Office (NCO), TSU, IPCC, and major USGCRP activities such as the National Climate Assessment (NCA), as well as in new topics that may arise in response to changing USGCRP priorities.� Respondents must demonstrate capabilities, expertise and experience within the last three years in all the following functional contract elements:���Management, Supervision and Oversight; Technical Management, Coordination, Facilitation for the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR) and its associated Interagency Working�Groups; Support for Ongoing Climate Assessment Processes; Administer Support, including Financial Management, Accountability, Controls and Reporting; and Website Development, Design, Maintenance, and Enhancements and Information Technology Network Maintenance and Enhancements. Respondents to this RFI shall provide a one-page summary with their capability statement with the following information: 1.��Business Information a. Company name and address b. DUNS Number c. Socio-economic classification of company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, service disabled veteran owned, HUBZone, large business, etc.). d. Size (gross revenue, number of employees in company) e. Number of years in existence f. Company point of contact - name, phone, and e-mail address Capability statement shall not exceed 20 pages, including the 1-page summary and shall include the following information: a. List of relevant government and/or private sector contracts and subcontracts it has performed, or is performing within the past three years, include point of contact information - name, phone, and e- mail address. Relevant is defined as same or similar to the proposed effort in scope and complexity. b. Discuss your experience and why you deem the experience to be relevant and of value to this requirement. In particular, discuss your experience in the following areas: -�Support for scientific research planning and coordination in the areas of climate change and global change; this should include discussion of experience in cooperating with and managing scientific staff (e.g., Masters- and Ph.D.-level workers with scientific backgrounds) -�Facilitating the use of scientific information in climate-related decision-making: including but not limited to supporting adaptation planning, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and performing science translation activities in support of increasing the usability of scientific information in decision-making -�Supporting Federal interagency processes, including facilitating interactions between multiple Federal departments and agencies and between those agencies and the policy-level processes of the Executive Office of the President (e.g., the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Council on Environmental Quality) - Supporting the production of major government reports - Providing strategic and operational expertise in Information technology, information architecture, and web-based deployment of scientific information -�Experience with coordinating delivery of high-visibility products produced by multiple entities in a dynamic environment of changing deadlines and requirements c. Discuss specific lessons learned or best practices developed from this above-described experience, including cost savings to the government, that are relevant to this requirement. d. Identify any award or accomplishment within the last three years that relates to the aforementioned contract areas; provide name, date, and type of award; and provide point of contact information for likely verification of stated capability. The size standard under NAICS Code 541611 is average annual receipts of $15 million. 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 any information submitted. 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. No solicitation exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in beta.sam.gov. It is the potential Offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. All responses shall be submitted to Cassandra K. Moore no later than March 18, 2020, via email to: Cassandra.K.Moore@nasa.gov. Please reference USGCRP Support Services.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05574940-F 20200229/200227230144 (samdaily.us)
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