NASA HQs Operational Support Services (HOSS)

NASA/Headquarters intends to issue a solicitation for a competitive follow-on contract to provide support to the NASA Headquarters' Facilities and Administrative Services Division (FASD). The FASD is responsible for providing management of and provision for professional, technical, and administrative support services at NASA Headquarters. The principal purpose of this follow-on contract is to provide full staffing and complete operations for headquarters' operational support as detailed in the Draft Statement of Work (attached to this synopsis) along with program management of the entire requirement. The place of performance for FASD is NASA Headquarters. It is anticipated that the subject contract will be a hybrid with a firm fixed price (FFP) core component with the ability to issue Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) FFP task orders. This acquisition has a period of performance and effective ordering period of 5 years and 45 days. The IDIQ component of the contract will be five years and 45 days from the anticipated contract award date of 10/17/2017. The first task will be for a 45 day phase-in/out of the contracts. The core work will commence on or about December 1, 2017 for a period of 12 months with four one-year option periods. The Government anticipates a release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) in November 2016 with an anticipated offer due date in December 2016. A draft will not be released. Sufficient time will be provided for potential offerors to provide questions, comments, or any concerns regarding the RFP and attachments. A draft Statement of Work (SOW) is posted with this synopsis for early questions and comments. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. This procurement will be a competitive 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 561210 and $38.5 million respectively. All responsible sources may submit an offer when applicable, which shall be considered by the agency. 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. 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. 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). All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax). Telephone questions will not be accepted.