Sources Sought for LISA Engineering Unit Telescope Development (LISA-EUTD)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all categories of Small Businesses to include 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 LISA Engineering Unit Telescope Development (LISA-EUTD) with the capability of producing two (2) engineering development unit (EDU) telescopes and one (1) telescope structural/thermal model (STM), in accordance with the requirements in the attached draft documents. 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. This capability statement should indicate the ability to be the Prime Contractor or Subcontractor and the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein, including company resources (i.e. capital, financial, corporate, manufacturing, etc.). It is insufficient to provide only general brochures or generic information. Additionally, your responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; whether they are Large, Small, SDB, 8(a), WOSB, VOSB, SD-VOSB, HUBZone businesses, and HBCU/ MI, affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, and a summary of past relevant experience with the components mentioned above. Technical and procurement questions should be directed to: Shana Faris at (301) 286-8274 or shana.n.faris@nasa.gov. It is requested that capability statements be submitted as described in the previous paragraphs by electronic mail to: Shana Faris at shana.n.faris@nasa.gov, no later than 5:00 PM ET on Monday, April 29, 2019. It is emphasized that this synopsis is for planning and information purposes only and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contractual agreement, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Upon review of the information provided to NASA, it is the Government's intent to release a "Request for Proposal", which could lead to a contract award. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business based on responses hereto. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. An ombudsman has been appointed -- The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html. Questions regarding this notice should be directed to the point of contacts listed below.