[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16262]



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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION


Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: NASA will conduct an open forum to solicit questions, views, 
and options 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, 
industry and the public.

DATES: August 22, 1996, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Teague Auditorium, Building 
2, located at the NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Road 1, Houston, 
Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Kirkland, NASA Johnson Space Center, Industry Assistance 
Office, Code BD35, 2101 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058, (713) 483-4512, 
e-mail: [email protected].

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. Reservations will NOT 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, on 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.
    MidRange Procurement Procedures: A test program for a third 
category of procurements (between the simplified acquisition threshold 
and $1,000,000 annually) has been implemented at all NASA centers.
Thomas S. Luedtke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Procurement.
[FR Doc. 96-16262 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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