Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and Related Systems -Sources Sought

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. This notice is issued by the NASA/ARC to post a Statement of Work to solicit responses from interested parties for the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and Related Systems. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition. Part I. Purpose of this sources sought 1) To request information on capabilities of potential offerors to provide the services in the attached Draft Statement of Work in order to determine if this will be a small business set-aside or a full and open competition. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered by the Government and used for acquisition planning purposes only. An interested parties list will be posted. 2) To request information from interested parties regarding their preferred contracting approach, including contract type, to provide the services described in the attached Draft SOW. Part II. Summary of Requirement. NASA ARC operates and manages the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) a voluntary, independent, non-punitive, confidential incident reporting program, and manages the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), a related voluntary safety reporting system, modelled after the ASRS. The Contractor shall provide flexible, responsive, coordinated, and comprehensive support services for ASRS, and C3RS. The Contractor shall manage and administer all work to be performed and assure the availability of qualified personnel and resources. Additional Information found in the Draft Statement of Work attached to this notice. Part III. Responses Regarding Potential Sources Statement of Capabilities Interested Offerors having the required specialized capabilities/qualifications to support some or all of the work described in the Draft SOW are asked to submit a capability/qualification statement of ten (10) pages or less. There is no required font type and/or type designated for this “Capability/Qualification Statement.” The Government requests separate files for “Statement of Capabilities” and “Contracting Approach” response. There is no limit on the page length to your response to Part IV. Responses Regarding The Contracting Approach. The response to this Part III must include the following: 1. Company name, address, point of contact, phone, fax, e-mail, and website (if applicable). 2. Whether your company is Large business, Small business, Small disadvantaged Business, 8(a) small business, HUBZone small business, Woman-owned small business, Veteran-owned small business, Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI), or service-disabled veteran-owned small business as defined for NAICS code 541990 (size standard $16.5M). 3. Your company’s capability in each of the technical areas. For each technical area, indicate what percentage of the technical area you would perform. If you plan to subcontract a portion of the effort please explain which portion, if any, you plan to subcontract. 4. A list of relevant work performed in the past five (5) years, including contract type, contract number, technical description, dollar amount, period of performance, and a customer reference name and telephone number. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based on responses. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside or 8(a) set-aside based on responses. Part IV. Responses Regarding the Contracting Approach The Government is soliciting contracting approaches to the NASA Ames Consolidated Information Technology Services procurement that will enhance competition and provide business opportunities. Therefore, the Government is requesting feedback in the following areas for consideration during acquisition planning: a) Socio-economic considerations: ARC is interested in your comments on establishing subcontracting goals for 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 Intuitions (MI). b) Use of incentives: In an attempt to determine the appropriate contract type (contract types for consideration, alone or in a hybrid combination, include both Fixed-Price and Cost-Reimbursement contracts, such as FFP, FPI, FPAF, CFFF, and CPIF), for this particular procurement, the Government is soliciting input from interested parties and asks that responses include information regarding why a particular contract type or proposed contract type might be more appropriate (benefits and impediments), as well as answers to the following questions: 1) Performance incentives: Please provide your view regarding types of fee, options, and/or other appropriate incentives for contractor performance. 2) In a mixed-team (Government/Contractor) environment, how would you propose to measure factors such as the technical/cost/schedule performance, risk mitigation, employee and asset safety and security, innovative best practices, quality of service to users, responsiveness to changing requirements and budget, identifying opportunities for technical and administrative improvement, or cost? 3) What type of evaluation criteria would you recommend for this type of procurement? b) Technical Information: What type of technical information along with the Statement of Work would you like to see with a potential solicitation (e.g., sample risk)? c) Contract Content/Structure: Do you have any suggestions or examples of restructuring, simplifications, and clarity in the Draft SOW’s description of technical areas as well as other types of additional information that would improve understanding of clarity of requirements and terms and conditions? All comments or questions shall be submitted electronically via email to Rachel Jandron at [email protected] no later than 4:00 pm, local time on 04/29/2021. When responding reference 80ARC021-ASRS-SS-RAJ. 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 . If a solicitation is released, then it any additional documents will be available on www.beta.sam.gov. It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor this website 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.