95-17238. Procurement Policies and Practices; Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36311-36312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17238]



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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Procurement Policies and Practices; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: NASA will conduct an open forum meeting to solicit questions, 

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views and opinions of interested persons or 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, industry, and the public.

DATES: August 31, 1995, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Von Karman Auditorium 
located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, 
Pasadena, California, 91109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lydia Casarez, NASA Management Office--Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Code 
180-801, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Format

    There will be a 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.

Admittance

    Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. Admittance will be on a first-come, 
first-served basis. Auditorium capacity is limited to approximately 225 
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.

Initiatives

    In addition to the general discussion mentioned above, NASA invites 
comments or questions relative to its ongoing Procurement Initiatives, 
some of which include the following:
    Cost Control. NASA is developing this initiative to increase the 
emphasis on cost control with its contractors and within the agency.
    Source Selection. NASA is working to reduce the time and effort 
that contractors and source selection personnel spend on a contract.
    Performance Based Contracting. NASA's newest procurement initiative 
is focused on structuring an acquisition around the purpose of the work 
to be performed instead of how the work is to be performed or broad and 
imprecise statements of work.
    Change Order Reduction and Process Change. NASA is attempting to 
improve overall change order management through the use of better 
technical direction, realistic cost estimates and more effective and 
timely negotiations.
    Award Fee Initiative. NASA has published regulations for Award Fee 
policy at 48 CFR part 1816, subpart 4.
    MidRange Procurement Procedure. A test program for a third category 
of procurements between $25,000 and $500,000 (annually) has been 
implemented at all NASA Centers.
    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.
Deidre A. Lee,
Associate Administrator for Procurement.
[FR Doc. 95-17238 Filed 7-13-95; 8:45 am]
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