A--REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - SOURCES SOUGHT FOR THE SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCESDATA ANALYSIS SESDA-IV

This notice is issued by the NASA/GSFC to post a draft Statement of Work via the internet, and to solicit input, comments, and recommendations from interested parties. The objective of this RFI is to seek capabilities from small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for this requirement, to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, and increase procurement efficiency by improving NASA/GSFCs knowledge of industrys capabilities. Potential offerors are requested to submit information in the form of a brief Capabilities and Qualifications Statement that includes: 1. Addressing all of the functional areas outlined in the draft Statement of Work, and 2. A Summary of relevant past experience. Capabilities Statements shall not exceed 15 pages. Interested firms are requested to submit their capability statements to Ms. Rhea Frazier, NASA/GSFC, Mail Code 444, Greenbelt MD 20771, e-mail: Rhea.P.Frazier@nasa.gov no later than the response date indicated above. Documents, comments and questions may be forwarded to Rhea Frazier via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission (301) 286-1773. In addition, copies of all documents shall also be forwarded to Mr. Jeff Simpson, NASA/GSFC, Mail Code 606.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771, e-mail: Jeffrey.M.Simpson@nasa.gov . When responding reference the solicitation number above: (NNG16575844L). This presolicitation synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. Respondents will not be notified of the results. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_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. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa .gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51 It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite 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. An electronic library, or eLibrary, has been established for the SESDA-IV procurement, NNG16575844L. The eLibrary can be accessed using the following link: http://elibrary.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . Additional documents will be posted on the eLibrary as they become available. Offerors are responsible for monitoring this website for any updates.