The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is planning to issue a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) in the June 2007 timeframe for the acquisition of Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Medical and Environmental Support Contract (MESC). NASA anticipates setting this acquisition aside for small business concerns. The requirement’s NAICS code is 621111, with a size standard of $9.0 million.
This solicitation will succeed the current Kennedy Space Center Medical and Environmental Support portion of the Joint Base Operations Support Contract (JBOSC), which will expire in September of 2008, portions of the Life Support Services Contract (LSSC), which will expire in September 2009, and the Launch/Landing Medical Support currently provided under the contract for Medical Support for Space Shuttle Launches and Landings, which will expire in September 2008. This effort includes the following requirements:
Currently Performed Under JBOSC
1. Operation of the Occupational Health Facilities on Kennedy Space Center
2. Operation of the Nurses Center at Kennedy Space Center’s Visitor Complex
3. Provide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to include Mass Casualty Planning and Support
4. Provide Employee Assistance Program Support
5. Provide Environmental Health Services, to include Physics, Industrial Hygiene and Sanitation (Environmental)
6. Manage and operate the permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal operations for KSC
7. Provide environmental sampling to meet Center permit requirements
8. Provide medical, environmental health, and environmental monitoring support to launch and landing operations
9. Provide technical and consultation on matters of occupational health, environmental health, environmental management, and launch and landing operational support
10. Operation of onsite clinical and microbiological laboratories.
Currently Performed Under LSSC
11. Provide Crew Aerospace Medicine Support
12. Operate Clinical Micro-Biomedical laboratory
13. Perform medical clearance for personnel interacting with crews
14. Interface with local hospitals to support launch and landing activities
15. Perform Environmental / Natural Resource monitoring with special emphasis on threatened and endangered species monitoring
16. Operate Environmental Microbiology laboratories – provide water testing and potable water for spacecraft
17. Provide occupation health, musculoskeletal rehabilitation services and operate KSC exercise facilities
18. Provide technical Occupational Health services to Agency Occupational Health Program
19. Support the Agency Acquisition Pollution Prevention program
20. Support KSC recycling and Green Procurement
21. Manage the Medical Student Training Program
22. Provide ecological monitoring to address Center NEPA requirements and commitments
23. Provide medical and environmental/ecological monitoring support to launch and landing operations
24. Provide technical and consultation on matters of aerospace medicine, environmental management, ecological monitoring and assessments, and launch and landing operational support
Important Note: The support currently provided under the LSSC contract will be required from October 2009 forward. At this time there is no expectation that the LSSC contract will conclude prior to its anticipated term ending in September 2009.
Currently Performed Under the Contract for Medical Support for Space Shuttle Launches and Landings
25. Provide medical services (including physicians, medications, supplies, and equipment) in support of all Shuttle launches and landings, and attempts to launch and land.
Instructions for Interested Small Business Concerns
KSC is seeking capabilities from all interested small business concerns. Companies are requested to provide electronic responses (20-page maximum, including attachments, minimum font size 12), including their ability to successfully manage an effort of the complexity characterized above, their technical qualifications to perform the tasks listed above, and any relevant current or past performance of equal or similar efforts via e-mail to the primary Point of Contact (POC) for this requirement. Your response is required by April 30, 2007. To facilitate a prompt review by the NASA team, a one (1) page summary shall be included with your capability statement(s), which identifies your company’s specific capabilities that are relevant to the requirement. Companies are also requested to provide, on the summary page, the following information: name, address, POC, average annual receipts for the past three years, number of employees, applicable NAICS code(s), and Government size/type classification (Small, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), Woman-owned, Veteran, Service Disabled Veteran, HUBZone, etc.) KSC encourages qualified Joint Venture business arrangements to submit capability statements as well. It is insufficient to provide only general brochures or generic information. Your company may be identified on the MESC website as an interested party in the future, and should therefore state in its capability statement if you do not wish your company’s name to be released.
This is not a solicitation announcement. This sources sought synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Since this is a sources sought announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement.
General information about this requirement can be found on the World Wide Web at http://ibsr.ksc.nasa.gov It is essential that you read this information before preparing you capability statement or subcontracting feedback.
