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EOSDIS EED-3 80GSFC20R0026 Amendment 1 You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)’s Earth Observing... EOSDIS EED-3 80GSFC20R0026 Amendment 1 You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Evolution and Development (EED)-3 solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide services for the continued improvement, reliability, availability, functionality, operability, and performance of hardware and software systems within the EOSDIS for the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project. This acquisition will be conducted as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541512 and the small business size standard is $30.0M in average annual receipts. This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award Fee (CPAF) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years from the contract effective date. The anticipated contract award date is June 1, 2021, with a September 1, 2021, contract effective date. The contract will be performed predominately offsite at the Contractor’s facilities. Alternate places of performance may be specified in individual task orders issued. In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by both the Government and Government Contractors, it is now Goddard Center policy that all procurement-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Offerors shall be aware that the while the Cost Volume exhibits included in the RFP are in PDF format; the Offeror’s Cost Volume proposal submitted in response to this RFP shall include completed Cost Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format. Instructions for converting from PDF format to Excel format can be found in the Section L Cost Volume Instructions provision. Offerors are encouraged to complete the conversion from PDF format to Excel format upon receipt of the RFP. Should any issues arise with the conversion, please contact the undersigned. All documents related to this procurement, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, and any amendments will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web at beta.sam.gov. Additional information can also be found on the EOSDIS EED-3 online Reference Library at: https://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.gov/. Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates. NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 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. Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, in particular paragraph (f)(4) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions. This RFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC to procure or contract for these services. This request shall not be construed as authorization to proceed with, or be paid for charges incurred by performing any of the work called for in this solicitation. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than October 14, 2020, 3:00 PM local time. Proposals shall be submitted electronically via NASA’s secure Large File Transfer (LFT) in accordance with Provision L.14. Offerors interested in submitting a proposal in response to this RFP must request a LFT invitation email from the Contracting Officer no later than 10 days prior to the proposal due date. Be advised, in accordance with Provision L.17, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer no later than the closing date of this solicitation designated in Block 9 of the SF 33. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA GSFC organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Malika Graham, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this procurement. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion. SSA Mark Clampin, Code 600 Voting Members Drew Kittel, Code 586 Malika Graham, Code 210.6 Valerie Dixon, Code 586 Evelyn Ho, Code 586 Offerors are reminded that a “Blackout Notice” for this procurement was distributed to all applicable NASA GSFC personnel concurrently with the release of the Final RFP to Industry. Therefore, all communications pertaining to this procurement shall be directed only to the Contracting Officer listed below. All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Malika Graham, Contracting Officer, at malika.graham@nasa.gov on or before September 21, 2020. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration. Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your proposals.

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You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Evolu... You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Evolution and Development (EED)-3 draft solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide services for the continued improvement, reliability, availability, functionality, operability, and performance of hardware and software systems within the EOSDIS for the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project. The contractor shall provide for the development and sustaining of software and hardware systems that provide science data management for the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project within NASA’s Science Missions Directorate Earth Science Program. The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement. Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approaches. Potential offerors should identify unnecessary or inefficient requirements. Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work. This acquisition will be conducted as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541512 and the small business size standard is $27.5M dollars. This competitive procurement will result in a Cost-Plus-Award Fee (CPAF) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 5 years and 90 days from the contract effective date. The anticipated contract award date is June 1, 2021, with a June 1, 2021, contract effective date. A 90-day Phase-in will be accomplished under the first contract task order issued at contract award. The contract will be performed onsite at NASA GSFC, offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and at Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) locations. The Government will make available existing Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP) for onsite contract performance and Government Furnished Property (GFP) for offsite use at the Contractor’s facility. The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about July 31, 2020, with proposals being due approximately 45 calendar days later. The Presolicitation Conference will be held between June 29, 2020 – July 10, 2020. Notice will be posted on the procurement website noted below. All documents related to this procurement, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, and any amendments will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through at: https://www.beta.sam.gov. Additional information can also be found on the EOSDIS EED-3 online Reference Library at: https://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.gov/. Potential offerors are requested to periodically monitor the website for updates. NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 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. This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA GSFC is not requesting proposals. This request does not commit GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate GSFC to procure or contract for this requirement. This request shall not be construed as authorization to proceed with, or be paid for charges incurred by performing any of the work called for in this DRFP. Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted via e-mail to the Contracting Officer at malika.graham@nasa.gov, within 30 calendar days after the release of this DRFP. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP. Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted beta.sam.gov response if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation. The Government will respond via FBO to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).