Mission Support for Satellite Ground Station Operations and spacecraft command and control

3/6 - Deadline extended until 9 March.

The Naval Research Lab (NRL) is posting a Request for Information (RFI) and seeking potential sources for planning purposes only. This notice is not a formal Request for Proposal (RFP).  No awards will be made from the responses to this announcement. The Government will not reimburse any costs associated with the development and submission of materials in response to this request. There is no solicitation available at this time. However, should a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NRL shall arise as a result of a response to this notice or NRL’s use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. Inquiries for additional information other than that provided herein will receive no response. 

Objective:

The intent of this RFI is to gauge industry interest, small business interest, capabilities and relevant experience to support NRL personnel in performing the task areas listed above.  A small business set-aside decision may be made as a result of the responses to this RFI.

CONTRACTOR RESPONSE FORMAT

The NRL asks that interested parties, at a minimum, supply the following information via email in Word or PDF format:

Contact/Business Information

1. Name of Company and Point of Contact (POC).
2. Telephone number, address and e-mail address of POC.
3. Business Size/Socioeconomic Categories and number of employees, CAGE.
4. Does your firm have a current facility clearance?
5. A list of government-wide contracting vehicles held (OASIS, SeaPort, etc.), if applicable.

Technical Information

a) Description of capabilities/resources relevant to the attached draft SOW and PQs

b) Prior experience of similar scope/complexity in the attached draft SOW and PQs.

c) A list of any Navy, Department of Defense, federal, or commercial contracts performed during the past 5 years that are similar and/or related to the attached SOW.

d) Any questions/suggestions related to the SOW

e) List of assumptions, if any, which were considered in formulating the response.

Responses must be in a Microsoft Office compatible format.

Responses should be no more than 5 pages, and should be emailed to the Contract Specialist at helena.k.hudson2.civ@us.navy.mil. Classified Material shall NOT be submitted. All information and data received in response to this RFI, if marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information, will be protected and handled as such. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition-sensitive information contained in their response.

Additional Requirement Details

Anticipated Place of Performance

The primary effort is anticipated to take place at the Blossom Point Tracking Facility- 10050 Blossom Point Road, Welcome, Maryland, 20693.

NRL anticipates this level of effort will be performed under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract structure, with cost-plus-fixed-fee Task Orders, over the course of 5 years of performance.

This is a partial follow-on requirement under the current IDIQ contract: N00173-21-D-2001, and task order N00173-21-F-2006.