NASA RFI: Flight Services For Descent and Landing Testbed Vehicles

Synopsis – Jul 31, 2013
Draft Document – Posted on Jul 31, 2013
http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/sol.cgi?acqid=157443#Draft%20Document
General Information
    Solicitation Number: RFI-EDLVL-TESTBED    Posted Date: Jul 31, 2013    FedBizOpps Posted Date: Jul 31, 2013    Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No    Original Response Date: Aug 14, 2013    Current Response Date: Aug 14, 2013    Classification Code: A — Research and Development    NAICS Code: 481212
Contracting Office Address

NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001

Description

NASA/ARC is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for “Flight Services for Descent and Landing Testbed Vehicles.”
This Request for Information (RFI) is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as to promote competition.
A Draft Statement of Work is posted with this announcement.

Submittal of capability statements in response to this RFI is due no later than 1:00 pm Pacific Time, August 14, 2013.
Vendors having the required specialized capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references.

Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business, and point of contact – name, email, and phone number. Please also include DUNS number, CAGE code, and indicate that your company is currently registered at the federal contractor database (www.sam.gov).
Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product or service. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC) 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 for the flight services required in the Statement of Work. 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.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

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.

All responses shall be submitted to Marianne Shelley by email (Marianne.Shelley@nasa.gov) no later than 2:00 pm Pacific Time, August 14, 2013. Please reference “RFI-EDLVL-TESTBED” in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.

Point of Contact

    Name: Marianne Shelley    Title: Contracting Officer    Phone: 650-604-4179    Fax: 650-604-3020    Email: marianne.shelley@nasa.gov