SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS)
- Notice Date
- 5/13/2021 5:16:28 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER HOUSTON TX 77058 USA
- ZIP Code
- 77058
- Solicitation Number
- 80JSC21XEVAS
- Response Due
- 5/6/2021 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 06/17/2021
- Point of Contact
- Christian Gaspard, Phone: 281.483.0034
- E-Mail Address
-
cgaspard@nasa.gov
(cgaspard@nasa.gov)
- Description
- This is�Modification 3 to the special notice�entitled ""Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS)"", 80JSC21XEVAS,�which was posted on April 14, 2021.�You are notified that the following changes are made: ""xEVAS Industry Day Presentation"" was added to the list of attachments to this notice. This is�Modification�2 to the special notice�entitled ""Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS)"", 80JSC21XEVAS,�which was posted on April 14, 2021.�You are notified that the following changes are made:�Virtual Industry Day. The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties of the upcoming xEVAS Industry Day. NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) plans to conduct an Industry Day for the xEVAS procurement.� The presentation for Industry Day will be held via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, May 13, 2021 from 9:00AM � 11:00AM Central Time.� The Government will also provide one-on-one communication opportunities on Thursday, May 13, 2021, which will be scheduled between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM Central Time, and on Friday, May 14, 2021, which will be scheduled between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM Central Time.� One-on-one meetings will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and will not exceed 50 minutes.� Participation is limited to six (6) individuals from each company/team.� Please RSVP by Monday, May 10th, 2021, 4:00 PM Central Time, per the instructions below. Industry Day RSVPs The xEVAS Industry Day is open to firms that are interested in pursuing an xEVAS contact.� To RSVP for the xEVAS Industry Day, please email Chris Gaspard at cgaspard@nasa.gov by the time specified above.� Your email must include the following: 1.�������� Subject Line: 80JSC21XEVAS Industry Day RSVP 2.�������� Company Name and Address 3.�������� Company Points of Contact (POCs) names, telephone numbers, and email addresses A Question and Answer (Q&A) session will follow the Industry Day presentation.� Following the presentation and the Q&A session, please email any additional questions to Chris Gaspard cgaspard@nasa.gov. �The Government will officially respond to all questions by posting responses to beta.sam.gov and the xEVAS website after Industry Day. One-on-one Meetings To facilitate further�communications with industry, JSC personnel will also be available for meetings with individual companies in conjunction with Industry Day.� The meetings are intended to be question and answer sessions in which neither side will make a formal presentation.� To request a one-on-one meeting, please email Chris Gaspard at cgaspard@nasa.gov. �Your email must include the following: 1.�������� Subject Line: 80JSC21XEVAS Industry Day One-on-One RSVP 2.�������� Company Name(s) and Address(es) 3.�������� Attendee names, company affiliation, telephone numbers, and email addresses. The following topics may be discussed at the on-one-one meetings: 1.��������The general purpose of the announced procurement; 2.��������Information about JSC and ISS and Artemis programs that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors; 3.�������� The general nature or scope of requirements that will be addressed in the xEVAS procurement; 4.�������� Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), or other published procurement policy documents; and 5.�������� Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, sources sought synopsis, or Request for Information. Questions regarding the subjects below�will not�be discussed: 1.����������� Proprietary or confidential business information of other contractor(s) or business entities; 2.����������� Privacy Act protected information 3.����������� Trade Secrets Act protected information; 4.����������� Speculation on what the Government might be looking for in proposals; 5.����������� Different technical and management approaches; 6.����������� Technical Efficiencies; and 7.����������� Any particular Government Emphasis A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation(s) and provide further instructions. NASA anticipates releasing the Industry Day charts prior to Industry Day.� Please continue to monitor this beta.sam.gov posting for updates on the release of any documents, as well as the xEVAS website at https://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/xevas/. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor the website for updates to the technical library. This is Modification 1�to the special notice entitled ""Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS)"", 80JSC21XEVAS,� which was posted on April 14, 2021. You are notified that the following changes are made:� 1. The due date for responses to this notice and the attached Request for Information (RFI) is extended to May 6, 2021. 2. The RFI is updated to reflect the above and to correct an error in item 3.4. The attachment included in this modification includes all changes in red text and deletions in strikethrough. Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments.� �Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Johnson Space Center (JSC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources to develop and provide Extravehicular Activity (EVA) capability for NASA current and future missions. NASA is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small 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 for a potential xEVAS procurement. ��The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received. NASA�s interest is identifying interest from Industry in the provision of commercial EVA services wherein the agency relies upon the contractor to provide the full suite of services and equipment required to perform all activities and operations required to enable EVA capability for NASA�s current and future missions. NASA�s use of the term �commercial� is not meant to be confused with the term �commercial item� as used in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). NASA is in the process of gathering information to make a final commercial item determination and the responses to this notice and accompanying RFI are expected to inform that decision. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on beta.SAM.gov.� Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Additionally, NASA is seeking Industry feedback on NASA�s anticipated approach to procuring EVA services, should a solicitation result. Attached to this notice is a Microsoft Word document entitled, ""80JSC21XEVAS - Attachment (RFI)"",�which details the strategy the agency is currently considering and requests inputs from respondents that could influence procurements decisions to be made. Interested parties are requested to carefully read this Request for Information and submit�responses with responses to this Sources Sought Notice. All responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Christian Gaspard at cgaspard@nasa.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. (CST) on May 6, 2021.� Please reference 80JSC21xEVAS in any response.� This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only 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.�
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