94-3956. NASA's Procurement Policies and Practices; Meeting

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

NASA's Procurement Policies and Practices; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NASA will conduct an open forum meeting to solicit questions, 
views and opinions of interested persons/firms concerning NASA's 
procurement policies and practices. The purpose of the meeting is to 
have an open discussion between NASA's Associate Administrator for 
Procurement and industry/public. There will be a brief presentation by 
the Associate Administrator for Procurement, followed by a question and 
answer period. Procurement issues will be discussed including NASA 
policies used in the award and administration of contracts.

DATES: March 30, 1994; 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Doors to the auditorium will 
open at 1:30 p.m. Admittance will be on a first-come, first-served 
basis. Auditorium capacity is limited to approximately 200 persons, 
therefore, a maximum of two representatives per firm is requested. No 
reservations will be accepted. Questions for the open forum should be 
presented at the meeting and should not be submitted in advance. 
Position papers are not being solicited. The format for the meeting 
will be as described above.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NASA Headquarters, West Lobby 
Auditorium, 300 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susie Marucci, NASA Headquarters Office of Procurement (Code H), 
Washington, DC 20546, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In addition to the general discussion 
mentioned above, NASA invites comments or questions relative to its 
ongoing Procurement Initiatives, some of which include: (i) Small 
Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization. NASA is 
committed to an increased focus on developing opportunities for small 
and disadvantaged business participation in NASA contracting; (ii) 
Change Order Reduction and Process Change. NASA is attempting to 
improve overall change order management through the use of better 
technical definition, realistic cost estimates and more effective and 
timely negotiations; (iii) Contractor Metrics. The Contractor Metrics 
initiative has been implemented throughout NASA as a new reporting 
system to provide summary level reporting on contract performance; (iv) 
Award Fee Initiative. NASA has published new regulations for Award Fee 
policy; (v) MidRange Procurement Procedure. A test program for a third 
category of procurement between $25,000 and $500,000 (annually) is 
underway. Marshall Space Flight Center is the designated test site; and 
(vi) Procurement Reinvention Laboratory. The NASA Headquarters 
Acquisition Division is participating in this initiative which grew out 
of the National Performance Review. This Procurement Reinvention 
Laboratory is one of several procurement reinvention labs underway 
across the Government.
Thomas S. Luedtke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Procurement.
[FR Doc. 94-3956 Filed 2-22-94; 8:45 am]
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