Cover Letter

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

December 20, 2024

Reply to Attn of:

OP-OS

TO:

All Prospective Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80KSC024R0010 for NASA Agency-wide supply of Gaseous and Liquid Helium

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Agency-wide supply of Gaseous and Liquid Helium solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide Gaseous and Liquid Helium.
NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 325120 and the small business size standard is 1,200 employees.
This competitive acquisition will result in an Indefinite Delivery Requirements Contract(s) with Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) task orders. The contract will have a total potential period of performance of 5 years, consisting of a 2-year base period and 3 one-year option periods as follows:
The ordering periods are as follows:
Base Period: October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027 Option Period 1: October 1, 2027 through September 30, 2028 Option Period 2: October 1, 2028 through September 30, 2029 Option Period 3: October 1, 2029 through September 30, 2030 The anticipated contract award date is August 1, 2025, with an October 1, 2025 contract effective date. These contract(s) will be performed at the following locations: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) locations (Palestine, TX, Ft Sumner, NM, Port Hueneme, CA, and Burns, OR); Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Glenn Research Center - Lewis Field (GRC-LF): GRC Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (GRC-ATF); Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Johnson Space Center (JSC); KSC and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS); Langley Research Center (LaRC); Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC);

Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF); Stennis Space Center (SSC); and White Sands Test Facility (WSTF).
Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions. However, the following requirements list is summarized to assist in proposal development. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in section 6 take precedence:
1. The Government will make available Government Furnished Property (GFP) as described in the RFP.
2. NASA KSC appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft