§ 1815.506 - Postaward debriefing of offerors.

(a) NASA unsolicited-proposal coordinating offices. (1) NASA Headquarters and each NASA field installation shall designate an organizational entity as its unsolicited-proposal coordinating office for receiving and coordinating the handling and evaluation of unsolicited proposals in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR subpart 15.5, this subpart 1815.5, and NHB 5800.1.

(2) Each installation shall establish procedures for handling proposals initially received by other offices within the installation. Misdirected proposals shall be forwarded by the coordinating office to the proper installation. Field installation coordinating offices are also responsible for providing guidance to potential offerors regarding the appropriate NASA officials to contact for general mission-related inquiries or other preproposal discussions.

(b) Relationship to open NRAs. An unsolicited proposal for a new effort, identified by an evaluating office as being within the scope of an open NRA, shall be evaluated as a response to that NRA under 1835.016-70(e), provided that the evaluating office can either:

(1) State that the proposal is not at a competitive disadvantage or

(2) Give the offeror an opportunity to amend the unsolicited proposal to ensure compliance with the applicable NRA proposal preparation instructions.

If these conditions cannot be met, the proposal must be evaluated separately.

(c) Reconsideration. An appropriately revised submission that is responsive to comments contained in an initial determination of inadequacy under FAR 15.506-1 shall be reconsidered by NASA officials.

(d) Information requirements. Coordinating offices shall keep records of unsolicited proposals received and shall provide prompt status information to requestors. These records shall include, at a minimum, the number of unsolicited proposals received, funded, and rejected during the fiscal year; the identity of the offerors; and the office to which each was referred. The numbers shall be broken out by source (large business, small business, university, or nonprofit institution).