Evaluations, Assessments and Support Services (EASS) — NASA LaRC

RFI Amendment dated 8/4/2026:  The purpose of this amendment is to communicate additional information to industry related to the anticipated EASS procurement. Contract Type: NASA intends to award a single award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the ability to issue Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task orders. NASA’s decades of experience and historical information with the EASS requirements will allow NASA to negotiate individual task requirements on a FFP basis. This approach aligns with recent Executive Orders and the NASA Administrator’s vision related to contract type.   To assist offerors with planning, NASA intends to issue a draft solicitation by the end of September, hold an industry conference in early October, and issue a final solicitation by mid-November. The anticipated award date is anticipated to be no later than (NLT) June 2027, and the performance period will be five (5) years.  The due date for receipt of capability statements is extended to 8/7/2026. 1. Purpose:   The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) is seeking information from potential sources for the follow-on procurement of the “Evaluations, Assessments, Studies, Services, and Support 3” contract (80LARC20D0007).  LaRC is issuing this Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought as a means of engaging with industry and conducting market research to identify potential sources having interest, surveying current vendor capabilities within  the marketplace/industry to support the requirement, and soliciting input helpful to foster competition. NASA will leverage the results of the market research to finalize the requirements and to form the most suitable competitive approach to meet the Agency’s needs, including identifying the capabilities of small businesses to meet the EASS requirements.   NASA LaRC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of small businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions, for the anticipated solicitation. The Government reserves the right to consider a set aside in accordance with FAR Part 19 based on responses received from Small Businesses, 8(a) Small Businesses, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB) or Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business concern.    The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), with a size standard of 1,000 employees.   2. Scope:  NASA LaRC is seeking information regarding industry capabilities to meet the EASS contract requirements in support of the Science Office for Mission Assessments (SOMA) located at NASA Langley Research Center. SOMA is responsible for the management and oversight of evaluations, assessments, and analyses for the NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Reference the draft solicitation documents included with this RFI/Sources Sought for more details.  Below is a summary of required services:  Evaluations: Proposal/Phase A Report evaluations are conducted in accordance with the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NFS) Companion Guide (CG) 1872, Acquisition of Investigations.  Evaluations for multiple solicitations may overlap, which will require staffing of a large number (approximately 200) of evaluation panel positions simultaneously. Panels will be principally made up of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), many of whom will be occasional or part-time independent contractors and some of whom may be non-U.S. Persons. See the draft PWS for more details regarding evaluation of task orders.   Assessments: Assessments are typically independent reviews of missions/investigations and programs that evaluate progress at major milestones in accordance with specified procedures (e.g., NASA Policy Requirement (NPR) 7123.1, NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements; NPR 7120.5, NASA Space Flight Program and Program Management Requirements; NASA Special Publ