ISO Audit Services

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for NASA ISO Audit Services. NASA/NSSC is seeking industry comments related to the draft requirements to consider industry ideas in developing an acquisition strategy for ISO Audit Services for seven NASA centers and field locations (Armstrong Flight Research Center, Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Stennis Space Center, and White Sands Test Facility). For more information about each Center or field location visit: https://www.nasa.gov/about/org_index.html. Purpose: This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future, nor commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, NASA/NSSC is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Firms are advised that the Government will not pay for any information received or administrative cost incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the responding firm's expense. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked PROPRIETARY will be handled accordingly. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if issued. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor the Contract Opportunities website at: https://beta.sam.gov/ for additional information pertaining to this RFI. 1.0 Description The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NSSC), is seeking responses to its ISO Audit Services to help NSSC understand the competitive environment. We invite firms that are or may be interested in competing for this opportunity to respond to this Request for Information (RFI) by informing NSSC of your company's interest and to comment, question, or recommend on the areas elaborated below. Please note that this RFI is not complete in terms of requirements, but rather is being used in assisting NSSC in refining requirements to maximize competition. NSSC is open to taking advantage of modernization of services and we invite firms to suggest best practices pertaining to ISO Audits. The anticipated period of performance for this procurement is five years. Please review the attached draft Statement of Work. This is a follow-on to contract 80NSSC21AA001, which is a Blanket Purchase Agreement. 2.0 Requested Information Interested firms are requested to provide a submission addressing the information included in the RFI Draft Statement of Work (SOW): Describe the audit process and your firm's capabilities for conducting IS9000, AS9001, and IS14001 audits for federal agencies or private industry. 3.0 Response Instructions Specific instructions for submitting responses are provided below. 3.1 General Response Details: 3.1.1 The RFI response should be comprised of one volume (see RFI Section 3.2). Responses should not exceed ten pages (one cover sheet and nine volume pages). Responses to the technical volume should be provided in Microsoft (MS) Word 2016 or later and be single spaced utilizing Times New Roman 12-point font. The RFI response shall include recommended contracting strategy, contract type, Business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business) as well as recommended North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) if a more suitable one than 541611 is applicable. 3.1.2 The cover sheet should include the following as a minimum: Name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail of designated point of contact. 3.1.3 Providing data/information that is limited or restricted for use by NASA would be of little value and such restricted/limited data/information is not solicited. 3.2 RFI Response Details: The volume should provide the information requested in Sections 1.0 and 2.0 and be submitted in accordance with Section 3.1.1 of this RFI. 4.0 Response Submission Details: All responses to this RFI should be submitted electronically via e-mail to Mr. Johnny M. Hisaw at johnny.m.hisaw@nasa.gov, with the subject line that reads: ISO Audit Services RFI Submission (Contractor Name), no later than 12:00 p.m. Central Time (CT), September 5, 2023.