SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties, including 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) having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for the follow-on to the Office Supplies contract (OSC). The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 424120, Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers. 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 the responses hereto.
NASA is seeking capabilities from all categories of Small Businesses and HBCU/MSIs for the purpose of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or Small Business and HBCU/MSI subcontracting goals for this requirement.
This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and there is no solicitation at this time. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred nor will the respondents be notified of the results of the evaluation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE). It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.
The elements of the Statement of Work may include, but not be limited, to the following:
- Provide all resources to perform the purchase, and delivery, of civil servant office supplies for Johnson Space Center (JSC), Ellington Field, Sonny Carter Training Facility and off-site facilities located within a ten (10) mile radius of JSC.
- Must be authorized to distribute AbilityOne products by the Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee) and requirements defined in Executive Order 13834.
- Must be able to post the AbilityOne Procurement List (PL) of office supplies on the contractor’s electronic ordering system, and shall include (but it not limited to) items such as the following:
- Binding and Filing
- Writing Instruments (pencils, pens, etc.)
- Optical Disks and CD-ROMs
- Ergonomic Products (wrist and mouse pads)
- Visual Communications and Meeting Aids
- Paper (copier, computer, labels, etc.)
- Mailing and Shipping Supplies
- Minimum Recycled Content Compliant
- Office Essentials (clips, notes, books, tape, etc.)
- Clocks
- Ink/Toner Cartridges (new and remanufactured when available)
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform the contract services listed above, please provide the following information to the best of your ability. Partial responses are also accepted.
1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, DUNS number, and size and type (large, small, women-owned…) of ownership for the organization, and the number of years in business.
2) Discuss your company’s ability to perform each of the services listed above. [If a supply acquisition: Discuss your company’s ability to provide each of the supplies listed above.].
3) If subcontracting or joint venture is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the anticipated administrative and management structure of such arrangements (if this information is known at this time). Also address what elements of work would be performed by the prime or joint venture and which elements would be performed by subcontractors.
The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; and 2) determine whether to conduct a competition with full and open competition or through a small business set-aside. To assess the market capacity, the government will review potential offeror’s past performance with respect to this type of work (provide in the relevant Past Performance template provided in APPENDIX 1); and Experience providing services under a performance-based service acquisition contract.
If the Government issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) the government reserves the right to restrict the procurement to small businesses. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
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.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified one or more elements of the Statement of Work are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by December 06, 2024. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to the Contracting Officer (CO) Jon Prihoda at Jon.Prihoda@nasa.gov, and not exceed five pages. Please reference 80JSC025ODIN in any response.
An Interested Vendors List will not be enabled within this posting.
If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: jon.prihoda@nasa.gov
APPENDIX 1: Relevant Past Performance Template
# ContractNAME/Number Agency ContractValue Dates of Performance Prime or SUBCONTRACTOR Service(S) Provided under contract
