45 Space Wing Pad Safety Support Contract   4

** 29 March 2021**

Amendment # 2, plus attachments have been added to this notification.

** 25 March 2021**

Proposal due date has been extended to 01 April 2021 at 10:30 AM. An amendment will be provided in the future as well.

** 23 March 2021**

An amendment to extend the solicitation by one week, and to address questions asked about Contract Year vs. Fiscal Year, will be issued prior to 25 Mar 2021.

** 18 Mar 2021 UPDATE **

Questions and Answers have been posted. File name "Attachment L-4 Question and Answer (Responses 17 Mar 2021)"

**10 Mar 2021 UPDATE**

Added Exhibit A PSSC II CDRLs (04 FEB 21)

**09 Mar 2021 UPDATE**

Amendment # 1 has been created to incorporate a new Attachment 8. The correct file name is as follow:

Attachment 8 Non-SCA Labor categories Rev 2 (w education and exp. req)

** 25 Feb 2021 UPDATE **

Attachment 8 has been replaced. Please use file "UPDATED Attachment 8 Labor Categories (Education and Experience Reqs)".

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This provides notification that Request for Proposal (RFP) for Pad Safety Support Contract (PSSC) II was formally released/posted on 23 Feb 21. This follow-on acquisition is to provide a broad knowledge of safety specific skills that include the analysis, identification, and mitigation of hazards associated with numerous systems employed in the space launch industry. These systems include but are not limited to: Safety critical and hazardous material handling equipment used on the eastern range; systems creating acoustic hazards; cryogenic systems; ordnance systems; and solid and liquid propellant systems. The Contractor shall provide documented expertise in: Ensuring that solid and liquid propellant operations, ordnance operations, lifting operations are conducted safely; verifying installation and test of launch vehicle Flight Termination Systems (FTS); hazardous and safety-critical operations procedure reviews and operations safety plan development; operations safety specific inspections and on-site visits; and safety support for prelaunch and launch countdown operations including arriving within 90 minutes when notified of mishap and catastrophic event contingencies. The contractor shall provide flexible customer support and visionary long-range planning while also providing dependable safety support that ensures public, launch base and launch complex safety for range users. The Contractor shall support required functions and operations at any location on CCAFS, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), and Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB) including supporting requests made less than 24 hours in advance to the maximum extent possible. 45 Range Safety may require remote location support, and may include Antigua, Ascension and other launch ranges/facilities operated by the US Government and contractors including Decatur AL, Sacramento CA, Denver CO, Brigham City and Magna UT, Kings Bay GA and Washington State. Contractor shall attend and participate in safety-related meetings as deemed necessary by 45 SW Range Safety. The contractor personnel shall be able to work overtime when no satisfactory alternative exists while complying with the work time limitation requirements of Eastern and Western Range (EWR) 127-1 and/or AFSPCMAN 91-710/91-710.

This acquisition has been approved to be a Total Small Business set-aside.

Please provide your questions to the Government NLT 10 Mar 2021 to the PCO Mr. Chris Neering at Christopher.Neering.1@spaceforce.mil; the CO Mrs. Cartama Ramos-Crafton at Cartama.Ramoscrafton@spaceforce.mil; and Mr. Glenn canes at Glenn.Scanes@spaceforce.mil. Please make sure to include all points of contact.