SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Mission Enabling Services Contract (MESC) Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Request for Information (RFI)
- Notice Date
- 2/18/2021 10:22:52 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER HOUSTON TX 77058 USA
- ZIP Code
- 77058
- Solicitation Number
- 80JSC021MESC
- Response Due
- 3/18/2021 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 04/02/2021
- Point of Contact
- Andrea De Paz, Phone: 281-244-5472
- E-Mail Address
-
mesc@mail.nasa.gov
(mesc@mail.nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBP Partial Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- NASA/JSC is requesting information from industry regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) arising from the Mission Enabling Services Contract (MESC). The nature of the work anticipated under the MESC may create the potential for OCI(s) as currently described in FAR Subpart 9.5.� Each interested party should review FAR Subpart 9.5 in light of NASA�s anticipation of OCI issues and consider carefully the extent to which an OCI may arise before making the decision to compete for the MESC. A link to the NASA Guide on Organizational Conflicts of Interest has been posted to the MESC procurement website at: http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/MESC. You are requested to provide electronic responses via e-mail to the Contracting Specialist listed at the end of this synopsis.� Your response is requested by no later than 4:00 p.m CDT on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Please reference �80JSC021MESC� in any response. Interested parties are requested to address the following questions: 1.�������� What type(s) of OCI issues would your company or potential team identify, if any, should you choose to propose on the MESC contract? 2.�������� What strategies would you anticipate proposing to mitigate the OCI issues that you identified (if any)?� Please provide strategy details, previous examples/experience with other contracts with NASA or other agencies, etc. 3.�������� Are there any other types of potential OCI issues with the proposed MESC contract that were not identified in this Request for Information (RFI) (assuming any were identified)? 4.�������� Does your company foresee any OCI issues associated with the MESC that would cause you to decide not to propose on the potential MESC Request for Proposal (RFP)? NASA will review any responses received regarding potential OCI and each offeror�s proposed OCI mitigation strategy.� NASA will respond to each company who submits a mitigation strategy.� NASA�s response is not intended to serve as a confirmation that, in fact, all potential OCI have been identified, an OCI will ultimately exist, or that an interested party is capable of successfully eliminating or mitigating an identified OCI.� NASA�s response is also not intended to encourage or discourage any interested party from responding to an RFP issued for MESC in the future.� Furthermore, NASA�s response in no way alters or interprets� FAR 9.5 as it applies to a final statement of work or a final proposal submission, should an interested party elect to submit a proposal to an RFP for MESC.� Subsequent to the initial OCI submission and NASA�s response, NASA will not consider further information as it relates to this RFI. The documents on the NASA MESC acquisition website are for information and planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to comment, and to promote competition only.� NASA will not affirmatively release any information received in response to this RFI to the public, but may use information received in developing the best approach for a contract strategy, and therefore such information may be recognizable to the interested party who submitted it.� Any information submitted in response to this RFI that is marked as �Confidential Commercial� or �Financial Information� will be considered as voluntarily submitted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. All questions should be directed to the point of contact identified below.� In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by NASA to form a binding contract.� NASA is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI.� NASA will not pay for any information solicited under this RFI.� No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation.� If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on beta.SAM.gov.� It is the interested party�s responsibility to monitor this website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Houston, TX 77058, USA
- Zip Code: 77058
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 77058
- Record
- SN05919890-F 20210220/210218230108 (samdaily.us)
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