RFP for NASA KSC Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services (SMASS) IV

5/24/2022 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) hereby releases Amendment 0002 with an Alternate Link to NASA EFSS Box. 5/6/2022 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) hereby releases responses to a second set of industry questions. 5/2/2022 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) hereby releases Amendment 0001 to the solicitation and responses to industry questions. ----- The National Aeronatuics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for safety and mission assurance support services (SMASS) in support of the NASA KSC Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate. This notice relates to the Sources Sought Notice 80KSC021SMASSRFI and the Draft RFP notice 80KSC021SMASSIVDRFP. The KSC SMA Directorate supports NASA Programs and Projects at KSC, providing mission assurance, engineering, and risk assessment and analysis in the disciplines of safety, reliability, and quality. Programs at KSC include, but are not limited to, the following: Exploration Ground Systems Program; Launch Services Program; Agency Management and Operations; Orion Program; Commercial Crew Program; International Space Station Program; Center Engineering, Safety, and Operations; and Space Launch System Program. SMASS will be performed primarily at KSC; however, resident support may be required at other NASA centers, facilities, or sites. Requirements under the SMASS IV acquisition include, but are not limited to, the following: system safety engineering and analysis, quality assurance and engineering, mission assurance and integration, reliability and maintainability, software assurance, range safety, independent assessment, launch vehicle payload safety, and metrology and calibration. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. This acquisition is a total small business set-aside. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541330 and $41.5M average annual receipts, respectively. All responsible small business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The release date of the RFP is April 08, 2022, with an anticipated offer due date of on or about May 24, 2022. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website for the release of the RFP and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the RFP and amendments, if any. The SMASS IV acquisition website is at: https://procurement.ksc.nasa.gov/smassiv This website will provide potential offerors access to a library of technical documents applicable to this acquisition. 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