REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) - FOR THE RAPID SPACECRAFT ACQUISITION IV(RAPID IV) ON-RAMP II

The Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition (RAPID IV) is a multiple award, IDIQ, Fixed Price type contract, for satellite bus core systems with any necessary modifications to meet specific Mission needs. The scope of the work includes design and development of the spacecraft (i.e., Cubesats to Geosats), integration of Government provided scientific instruments, spacecraft/observatory integration and test, shipment of observatory to launch site, observatory launch support, on-orbit checkout of observatory, and on-orbit operations as required. Periodically, within the contracts effective ordering period, the Contracting Officer will accept and evaluate proposals with the intention of adding contracts and/or modifying existing contracts to place additional core spacecraft and options in the Rapid IV Catalog. This will be done via - On-Ramps. The range of possible NASA missions is broad in scope, type, and size. Potential missions (e.g. Landsat Next; Geostationary and Extended Orbits (GEO-XO) Program; Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) SunCloud; Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCarb); Geosynchronous Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR); Technology Enterprise and Mission Pathfinder Office (TEMPO); NOAA Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Program and multiple micro/small satellites for Space Technology missions) are considering using the Rapid IV contract to procure spacecraft. Therefore, the Rapid IV contract seeks heritage spacecraft buses of various sizes, capabilities, lifetimes, orbit use and mission suitability, in order to be ready to support a variety of mission needs quickly. On-Ramp II for the Rapid IV contract is hereby opened to receive offers from vendors for the Rapid IV contract. Proposals for On-Ramp II will be due to the RSDO Contracting Officer NLT 3:00 pm eastern daylight time June 1, 2021. Prospective offerors shall submit a written response of their intent to submit a proposal to Cynthia White via electronic transmission at Cynthia.L.White@nasa.gov, by April 30, 2021. Proposals received in response to On Ramp II, shall be subject to the same evaluation procedures as the updated Rapid IV Request for Proposal 80GSFC19R0016 Rev2 dated April 15, 2021. Additional information on RSDO, may be obtained from the Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) website, https://rsdo.gsfc.nasa.gov. The Proposal Submission Instructions have been revised for the Rapid IV On-Ramp II and read as follows: The Offeror shall submit its proposal via NASA's secure Large File Transfer (LFT). Electronic submissions shall not contain hidden formulas, tables, be locked, be protected or contain links to data not included in the electronic copy. All electronic submissions should be searchable and should not contain scanned documents, except those documents that must be provided in their native format (e.g., signature pages, prior award fee letters for past performance, DCAA/DCMA approval letters, as applicable). It is the Offeror's responsibility to ensure documents are free from virus and malware, as documents determined by NASA to contain a virus or malware will not be opened or evaluated. Offerors interested in submitting a proposal in response to this RFP shall request a LFT invitation email from the Contracting Officer at the following email address: Cynthia.L.White@nasa.gov. Offerors must courtesy copy (cc) Ayana Briscoe, Procurement Manager, at Ayana.A.Briscoe@nasa.gov to ensure requests are accommodated timely. All Offerors must submit their request for an LFT invitation to the aforementioned emails, no later than 10 calendar days prior to the proposal due date. The Government anticipates responding with an invitation to use LFT no later than 5 calendar days prior to the proposal due date. Upon receipt of the invitation email, an Offeror's representative must click the link in the email to access the LFT website and register for an account. Email invitations with LFT links expire in 168 hours. The Offeror's representative will create his/her own password. The LFT website contains an LFT Quick Start Guide and a LFT User Guide with additional instructions. It is the Offeror's responsibility to follow instructions provided in the LFT Quick Start Guide and the LFT User Guide. After logging into LFT, the Offeror should click the Send File tab to enter the recipient's email address of Cynthia.L.White@nasa.gov and a cc copy to Ayana.A.Briscoe@nasa.gov, compose a message to the recipient, and attach files. In the - Subject block of the - Send File tab state - Rapid IV On Ramp II Proposal - Insert Company Name. Note: LFT sessions expire after 15 minutes of inactivity. Offerors are advised that notifications alerting users the session is about to expire will not be provided by the LFT system, and any changes to the email form on the Send File tab will not be saved if the session times out. If an Offeror wishes to send a file over 2GB, an Accellion applet will need to be downloaded. Files can be sent up to 100 GB in total size. Immediately after all files have been transferred and the proposal has been submitted in its entirety, the offeror shall email the Contracting Officer with a listing of all documents that were submitted via LFT. If any problems are experienced with the LFT system (e.g. login, file transfer, etc.), please contact both LFT delivery recipients listed in the paragraph above via e-mail ASAP. Each offeror is responsible for ensuring its proposal reaches the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time and date specified in the solicitation. In accordance with FAR 52.215-1(c)(3), any proposal that is received after the exact time specified for receipt of proposals is late. As the transmission of files from the Offeror to the Government via LFT is not instantaneous, Offerors are cautioned to allow sufficient time for transmission before the deadline. FAR 52.215-1(c)(3)(ii) recognizes an exception to the late proposal rule for proposals submitted through an electronic commerce method if the proposal is received prior to award, acceptance would not unduly delay the acquisition, and the electronic proposal was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals. To ensure timely delivery, Offerors are therefore encouraged to submit their proposals by 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the due date specified in this RFP. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of solicitation amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this solicitation and amendments (if any). All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax). Telephone questions will not be accepted.