ENCLOSURE 3 ENX Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

ENCLOSURE 3

RFP 80GSFC27R0018

GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE

PLAN (FIXED PRICE TASKS)

ENTERPRISE NEXT (ENX)

CONTRACT NO. TBD

OCTOBER 29, 2026

ENX

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN

(QASP)

1.0

INTRODUCTION

1.1

Purpose

The purpose of this Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) is to define the overall approach the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) intends to use to monitor and survey Contractor performance under the ENX Contract No. TBD. This Hybrid Firm Fixed Price and Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract provides for the development and sustaining of software and hardware systems that provide science data management for the ESDIS Project. A major activity under this contract will be for evolution and development engineering of several onpremise and commercial cloud-based systems. The QASP is a Government-developed surveillance tool prepared in accordance with FAR 46.601 and NFS 1846.401. It is not part of the contract, per NFS 1846.401(a)(iii), but provided to the Contractor for informational purposes only. 1.2

Scope

This QASP has been developed to evaluate Contractor actions while implementing the Attachment A, Statement of Work (SOW). It is designed to provide an effective surveillance method of monitoring Contractor performance, services, processes, and products provided under this ENX contract. This QASP defines the process the Government expects to follow to obtain data, evaluate the Contractor, and determine if contract performance conforms to contract requirements. The Contractor, and not the Government, is responsible for management and quality control actions to meet the terms of the contract.
The role of the Government is quality assurance to ensure contract standards are achieved. In this contract the quality control program is the driver for product quality. The Contractor is required to develop a comprehensive program of inspections and monitoring actions. The first major step to ensuring a “self-correcting” contract is to ensure that the quality control program approved at the beginning of the contract provides the measures needed to lead the Contractor to success. Once the quality control program is approved, careful application of the process and standards presented in the remainder of this document will ensure a robust quality assurance program. This plan is applicable to all services performed or products provided by the ENX Contractor(s). Throughout this QASP, the term “Contractor” is used. In terms of this