Status Report

NASA Wallops Engineering Services Contract

By SpaceRef Editor
October 1, 2012
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Synopsis – Oct 01, 2012

General Information

Solicitation Number: NNG13374674R
Posted Date: Oct 01, 2012
FedBizOpps Posted Date: Oct 01, 2012
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Original Response Date: N/A
Current Response Date: N/A
Classification Code: A — Research and Development
NAICS Code: 541712
Set-Aside Code: Total Small Business

Contracting Office Address

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Code 210.W, Wallops Island, VA 23337

Description

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a follow-on requirement for Engineering Services (WESC) to support the Applied Engineering Technology Directorate (AETD) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). NASA Wallops Flight Facility enables low-cost aerospace-based science and technology research by enabling scientific research through the development and deployment of low-cost, highly capable suborbital and orbital research carriers; enabling aerospace technology advances supporting NASA’s Mission Directorates through advanced technology deployment and testing; enabling education, commercial development of Space and other innovative partnerships.

To fulfill these responsibilities and achieve our mission, NASA must acquire a wide range of engineering services to support activities at the GSFC WFF.

The principal purpose of WESC is to provide engineering support services and related work in the following areas: Technology Development, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems, Safety Engineering, Metrology, Project Management and Support and Facilities Engineering. Support shall be provided for WFF activities including the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Facilities Management Branch and Ground Network activities.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541712 and 1000 employees respectively. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.

It is anticipated that we will release a Draft RFP for comment in early to mid-October of 2012. We anticipate that the final RFP will be released mid to late January of 2013. The primary point of contact for questions/concerns related to this acquisition is Finale M. Uptegrow.

This notice does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or a commitment by the Government. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the Internet site for schedule updates, the release of the solicitation, and amendments (if any). 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 Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin= .

It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor the Internet site 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).

NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html .

Point of Contact

Name: Finale M Uptegrow
Title: Contract Specialist
Phone: 757-824-2794
Fax: 757-824-2157
Email: finale.m.uptegrow@nasa.gov

Name: Bernard J Pagliaro
Title: Procurement Manager
Phone: 757-824-1277
Fax: 757-824-1974
Email: Bernard.J.Pagliaro@nasa.gov

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