§ 1837.202-71 - Public inspection.

(a) NASA's annual Appropriations Act states: “Except as otherwise provided under existing law or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are (1) a matter of public record and available for public inspection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the date on which the list is made available to the public and of all contracts on which performance has not been completed by such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description of the work to be performed under each such contract.”

(b) In accordance with paragraph (a) of this section, on a quarterly basis the Office of Procurement (Code HC) prepares a list for public inspection and distributes it to NASA Information Centers pursuant to NMI 1382.2 (14 CFR 1206), Availability of Agency Records to Members of the Public.

(c) Public inspection of advisory and assistance service contracts and purchase orders at NASA field installations in accordance with the Appropriations Act shall be limited to basic contract documents and modifications. Requests for copies of contracts or other data will be handled in accordance with NMI 1382.2.