Refuse Collection and Disposal services at NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

NASA/Glenn Research Center is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for Refuse (Waste) Removal Services. See attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) in reference to the Solid Waste removal procurement.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) GRC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for Solid Waste & Recycling Removal procurement. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received.

This requirement is a follow-on to the current Waste Removal Services contract, 80KSC018C0023 with Dorado Services, Inc. Services will be rendered at Kennedy Space Center, located at Space Commerce Way, Merritt Island, FL 32953. The types of services include but aren’t limited to: all services necessary to divert collected waste from the waste stream by collecting and redirecting materials to an appropriate, designated waste management facility. The non-usable items shall be processed separately to ensure that the maximum amount of municipal waste is diverted from the waste stream.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 562111 – Solid Waste Collection - $47M size standard.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov. Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Interested firms having the required capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement described herein should submit a capability statement of no more than 10 pages indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort.

These pages shall consist of the following:

1. GENERAL INFORMATION: Briefly describe your company and the types of services performed. Please also include: the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers for any points of contacts (POCs), the company’s address, CAGE Code/DUNS number, and the type of business demographic that applies (i.e., small business, large business, HUBZone, women- owned, etc.).

2. PAST PERFORMANCE: The Offeror shall also provide contract information on similar contracts over the past three (3) years. This information shall include: the name of customer/agency, types of services provided, type of contract, total contract value, and whether the contractor was a prime or subcontract. If subcontract, please provide details regarding prime contract and your company’s role in supporting the prime contractor. In addition, please provide any examples about your company’s capabilities to quickly and efficiently staff to rapidly changing requirements.

3. CAPABILITIES: Information describing your company’s capabilities to meet the requirements contained in this Sources Sought Notice.

4. COMMENTS and RECOMMENDATIONS for the most effective incentive/performance criteria (if different from the current approach). Further, describe both risks and mitigations the Government should consider.

5. DESCRIPTION of programmatic, financial, technical, and administrative lessons learned from similar efforts in Environmental, Institutional Operational Safety, Occupational Health- (Industrial Hygiene, Medical Services, Fitness and Employee Assistance), and Aero/Space Systems and Ground Support Equipment Mission Assurance.

6. DESCRIPTION of the type of information needed about the existing requirements and varying locations that would be helpful for submitting a credible proposal.

This requirement is considered to be a commercial service as defined in FAR 2.101.

Additionally, in support of the Executive Order (EO) 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, NASA is seeking to advance equity or remove barriers for members of underserved communities related to this requirement. As defined in the EO, Underserved Communities refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, as exemplified by the list in the preceding definition of "equity." Equity means the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.

NASA seeks input in the following areas:

1. To support the requirements identified in this request for information (RFI)/sources sought notification, what barriers or opportunities exist to engage subject matter experts from industry and academia and how can those barriers be overcome? How can underserved communities be leveraged?

2. To support the requirements identified in this RFI, what barriers or opportunities exist to partner with subcontractors that employ members of underserved communities, as defined above?

3. What other recommendations would you make to enhance diversity and inclusion?

4. What should be considered to encourage full participation and contribution of organizations and individuals (e.g., outreach efforts and innovative partnerships) in performance of this requirement?

All responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Jamahel Fayall, Contracting Officer, via e-mail at Jamahel.R.Fayall@nasa.gov, no later than August 1st, 2023, 2:00pm Eastern Time. Please reference Refuse (Waste) Removal Services in any response.

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement.

If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in sam.gov. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or sources sought. The Government intends to review all responses submitted by Industry. This data will not be shared outside the Government and may be used to further refine requirements. Please do not submit proprietary information.