[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49535-49536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25100]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION


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, 
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: November 12, 1997, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Florida Solar Energy Center 
Auditorium located at 1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, Florida.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joy Colston, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Code OP, Kenndey Space Center, 
FL 32899, (407) 867-7212.

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 120 
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

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ongoing Procurement Initiatives, some of which include the following:

Consolidated Contracting Initiative

    The CCI initiative emphasizes developing, using, and sharing 
contract resources to meet Agency objectives.

Single Process Intiative/Block Changes

    The purpose of the Single Process Initiative/Block changes is to 
eliminate duplicative, highly-tailored or customer-unique requirements 
from contacts and adopt instead, a single process proposed by the 
contractor.

Contractor Performance Assessment Program

    The Contractor Performance Assessment Program assesses the overall 
performance of NASA's top contractors across all of their major NASA 
contracts.

Performance Based Contracting

    This 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.

Electronic Contracting

    NASA's EC initiative is moving procurement transactions from 
traditional paper-based systems to electronic processing whenever 
possible. These transactions include solicitation and award documents 
as well as payment for our goods and services.
Tom Luedtke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Procurement.
[FR Doc. 97-25100 Filed 9-19-97; 8:45 am]
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