Pre-Proposal Conference

NASA Langley Research Center

June 25, 2009

Introduction

Joe Janus

Office of Procurement

Agenda

9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks andProcurement Specifics Joe Janus

Technical Presentation Nancy Holloway

Break/Tour

Reasons for Conducting Conference

• Provide an opportunity for potential Offerors to view the site and gather information

• Increase chance to award contract without discussions

Conference Guidelines

• Questions pertaining to the RFP must be submitted in writing

• List of attendees, conference presentation, and response to questions received will be posted on the NAIS/FEDBIZOPS websites

• Cameras are allowed

• Everyone must stay together as a group

Procurement Specifics• Total Competitive Small Business Set-Aside NAICS 334418 -- 500 Employees or less

• Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

• Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Cost Reimbursable Line Items(*Possible Recovery Act funding)

• 5 Year Base

* No Recovery Act Funding is slated for this procurement at this time but may be added in the future per task order if received.

Proposal Preparation Instructions

• Assure proposal contains all necessary information, required documentation, and is complete in all aspects. The evaluation is based upon actual material presented and not on the basis of what is implied. See FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition.

• Ensure that the cost/price proposal is consistent with the technical proposal in all respects since the cost/price proposal may be used as an aid to determine the Offeror’s understanding of the technical requirements. Discrepancies may be viewed as a lack of understanding.

• NASA may reject any proposal that fails to comply with all proposal instructions.

Method of Evaluation(Section M)

• Proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated by a Source Evaluation Team (SET) in accordance with NFS 1815.3

• The Source Selection Authority (SSA), after consultation with the SET and other advisors, will select the Offeror that can perform the contract in a manner most advantageous to the Government, all factors considered.

Evaluation Factors

• Factor 1—Mission Suitability– Understanding the Requirement and Technical Approach

(URTA)– Management – Safety and Health

• Factor 2—Cost/Price

• Factor 3—Past Performance– Past Performance and Questionnaires are requested to be

submitted approximately two weeks prior to the proposal due date

Relative Importance of Evaluation Factors(Section M, Paragraph M.4)

NASA will award a contract to the offeror who’s proposal represents the best value to the government based on the evaluation of Mission Suitability, Cost/Price and Past Performance factors identified. Each factor will be essentially equal in importance. All evaluation factors other than Cost/Price, when combined, are significantly more important than Cost/Price.  

Relative Importance of Evaluation Factors (con’t)

(Section M, Paragraph M.4)

• Each subfactor’s relative importance is as follows:

• Subfactor 1 is slightly more important than Subfactor 2

• Subfactor 2 is significantly more important than Subfactor 3

• When combined Subfactors 1 and 2 are significantly more important than Subfactor 3

Schedule• Period of Performance: 12/09 - 1/10 Phase-In

1/10 – 12/14

• Procurement Schedule:– Pre-Proposal Conference 6/25/09– RFP Release ~ 7/20/09– Past Performance Due ~ 8/6/09– Proposal Due ~ 8/20/09– Proposal Evaluation Period 8/09 – 11/09– Award 12/09– Begin Contract Performance ~1/28/10

Technical Presentation

Fabrication Service Activity (FabSA)

Nancy Holloway

LaRC Institution

Founded in 1917• 1st civil aeronautical research laboratory

Infrastructure/Facilities• ~800 acres, ~200-300 Buildings• $2-4 B replacement value ($1B book)

Programs• ~$750 M total annual budget

Workforce• ~1,900 Civil Servants• ~1,900 Contractors

Excludes Corporate G&A

16 substations w/ 40 miles of cable, 10 miles of paved roads, 36,000 LF of sanitary pipe, 87,000 LF of water pipe, 40,000 LF of air dist. pipe and supporting infrastructure~300 buildings w/6,300 rooms

NASA Langley Research Center Organization

10-24-08

Fabrication Technology Development

BranchT. Burns

Metals Applications Technology

BranchR. Hopson

Fabrication Business & Contracts Mgmt.

OfficeC. Voglewede

Aerospace Composites Model Development

SectionK. Deyerle

Advanced Fabrication Processes Section

N. Holloway``

Fabrication Service ActivityS. Stewart Harris, Jr.

Metallic Test Article &General & PrecisionMachining Section

M. Hales

Metals Fabrication Technology Section

R. Woolard

• Composite Model Fabrication• Model Instrumentation

• Ceramic Model Fabrication• Test Specimens• Rapid Prototyping• Laser Ablation• Reverse Engineering• Electronic Sensor / Actuator Development• Exploration & Research Aircraft Electronics Instrumentation Development

• Metallic Test Article Fabrication• General & Precision Machining

• Exploration Hardware Development• Research Aircraft Hardware• Development• Sheet Metal Fabrication • Welding• Advanced Processing (Water Jet, E-Beam)

• Fabrication Contract Administration• FabSA Business Management & Workforce Planning• FabSA Single Point of Entry • FabSA Resource Control• Facility Coordinator

Fabrication Technology Development Branch

Provides a variety of fabrication technologies enabling the development of research-oriented hardware for aeronautics, space exploration, and scientific programs at Langley Research Center.

Aerospace Composite ModelDevelopment Section

Provides technical expertise for the development, fabrication, instrumentation and testing of:

•Composite aero elastic models

•Wind tunnel test models

•Flight and ground support hardware

•Facility components

•Laboratory testing apparatus

•Dynamically scaled remotely piloted models

Advanced Fabrication Processes Section

Provides a variety of materials processing technology and support enabling the fabrication of wind tunnel research models, model components, and related developmental test hardware.

                 

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Metals Applications Technology Branch

The Metals Applications Technology Branch (MATB) – provides metals fabrication and machining technologies enabling thedevelopment of research-oriented hardware for aeronautics, space exploration, and scientific programs at Langley Research Center.

Metallic Test Article & General & Precision Machining Section

Provides machining technologies for enabling the development, fabrication, and testing of metallic test articles, flight and ground support hardware, facility components, and laboratory test apparatus.

Metals Fabrication Technology Section

Provides metals fabrication technologies enabling thedevelopment of research-oriented hardware for aeronautics, space exploration, and scientific programs at Langley Research Center. Performs a full range of metalsfabrication functions such as cutting, bending, precision forming, rolling, braking, and welding.

                 

Fabrication Business and Contracts Management Office

The Fabrication Business and Contracts Management Office provides the technical expertise for identifying, formulating, and tracking labor allocations and contractual expenditures relative to theCenter's aerospace research fabrication requirements.

Thank you

•Break

•Facility Tour