EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES (ESS3)

NASA/GRC is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for Education Support Services (ESS3). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including 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 Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the Education Support Services (ESS3) procurement. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. NASA is seeking capabilities from all categories of small businesses for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for this requirement. This requirement is a follow-on to the Education Support Services (ESS3) contract, NNC13BA07B, with Paragon Tec. The types of services include but are not limited to: Project Formulation, Planning, Coordination, & Control, Educator Professional Development, Student Opportunities, Curriculum Development, and Data Collection Analysis. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 611710 Educational Support Services, with a size standard of $15.0 million dollars. A copy of the DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) is attached. Interested parties shall submit a capability statement indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein. Responses shall be limited to no more than 10 pages. These pages shall consist of the following: 1. GENERAL INFORMATION: Briefly describe your company and the types of services performed. Please also include: the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers for any points of contacts (POCs), the company's address, CAGE Code/DUNS number, and the type of business demographic that applies (i.e. small business, large business, women-owned). 2. PAST PERFORMANCE: The Offeror shall also provide contract information on similar contracts over the past three (3) years. This information shall include: the name of customer/agency, types of services provided, type of contract, total contract value, and whether the contractor was a prime or subcontract. If subcontract, please provide details regarding prime contract and your company's role in supporting the prime contractor. In addition, please provide any examples about your company's capabilities to quickly and efficiently staff to rapidly changing requirements. 3. CAPABILITIES: Information describing your company's capabilities to meet the requirements in the DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW). All responses shall be submitted to David S. Eccleston via e-mail at David.S.Eccleston@nasa.gov by 4 p.m. local time on March 28th, 2018. All Questions shall be directed to the Contracting Officer (CO), David S. Eccleston at the e-mail address stated above. Please reference this Sources Sought Notice number, 80GRC018F0013, in all inquiries.