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| NASA | Directive: | NPD 5101.32E |
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| POLICY | Effective Date: | July 28, 2013 |
| DIRECTIVE | Cancellation Date: | April 21, 2020 |
This Document is Obsolete and Is No Longer Used.
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Ch # |
Date |
Description/Comments |
1 |
10/08/2015 |
Updated with 1400 compliance, updated applicable documents and forms, clarify responsibilities, title changes and requirements and updated Attachment A. |
2 |
3/30/2017 |
Updated with 1400 compliance, updated applicable documents and forms, administrative changes, title changes and Responsibility 5 B and C and updated Attachment A. |
3 |
1/13/2020 |
Updated with 1400 compliance, updated applicable documents and forms and updated Attachment A. |
a. This directive is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This directive applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contract.
b. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.
c. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.
a. Service, Supply, and Procurement, 10 U.S.C. § 2303 et seq.
b. National Aeronautics and Space Act, as amended, 51 U.S.C. § 20113(e). c. Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977, 31 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq. d. Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended, 41 U.S.C. 403, et seq.a. Assignment of Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3727.
b. Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principals, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, 2 CFR 1800.
c. Cooperative Agreements to Commercial Firms, 14 CFR pt. 1274.
d. Defense Priorities and Allocations System 15 CFR pt. 700.
e. Federal Acquisition Regulations, 48 CFR, ch.1 (FAR).
f. NASA FAR Supplement, 48 CFR, ch.18 (NFS).
g. Federal Acquisition Regulation, (FAR) subpt. 32.803(d).
h. NASA Grants and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM).
i. President's Management Agenda Competitive Sourcing.
j. Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998.
k. NASA Purchase Card Procedures and Instructions (PCPI): https://inside.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/nasa_p-card_procedures_and_instructions.pdf
a. The Assistant Administrator for Procurement provides functional management, leadership, and policy direction for FAR-based procurement, and for financial assistance (grants, cooperative agreements, etc.).
b. The Deputy Assistant Administrator for Procurement serves as the Agency Procurement Ombudsman, except when acting as the Agency Senior Procurement Executive. In these situations, the Director of the Contract and Grant Policy Division (CGPD) will serve as Agency Procurement Ombudsman.
c. The Director of the Contract and Grant Policy Division (CGPD) serves as the Value Engineering Manager.
a. The NASA Administrator delegates to the Assistant Administrator for Procurement authority to:
(1) Enter into and take other actions for FAR-based purchases, contracts, and for financial assistance instruments.
(2) Make determinations and decisions for FAR-based procurement, and for financial assistance matters, except those determinations and decisions required by law or regulation to be made by other authority.
(3) Develop and process all notices and regulations related to the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement regulations in Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principals, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, Title 2, CFR 1800, Cooperative Agreements to Commercial Firms, Title 14 CFR pt. 1274, the NASA Grants and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM) and the NASA FAR Supplement, 48 CFR ch.18 (NFS). Execute Federal Register Notices and supporting documents related to procurement and financial assistance activities.
(4) Establish contracting activities and delegate broad authority to manage the Agency's contracting functions to heads of such contracting activities in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations, 48 CFR ch.1 (FAR) subpt. 1.601. Establish financial assistance activities and delegate broad authority to manage the Agency's financial assistance function to heads of such assistance activities. Appoint grant officers, source selection officials, contracting officers, contracting officer representatives, and other procurement officials.
(5) Exercise priorities authority on behalf of NASA in accordance with the Defense Priorities and Allocations System 15 CFR pt. 700, the FAR, and the NFS.
(6) Serve as the NASA member of the FAR Council.
(7) Make determinations of need for no-setoff commitments under the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3727 in accordance with FAR subpt. 32.803(d).
(8) Waive the applicability of Cost Accounting Standards for a contract or subcontract.
(9) Serve as the NASA Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer.
(10) Serve as the NASA Competitive Sourcing Official, with responsibility for Agency implementation of the President's Management Agenda Competitive Sourcing (including A-76) and the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998.
b. The Assistant Administrator for Procurement may redelegate authority in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. These redelegations are described in the NFS or Grant regulations and manual.
NPD 5101.32D, Procurement, dated April 13, 2003.
REVALIDATED W/Change 3, 1/13/2020,
/s/ Charles F. Bolden
Administrator
A.1 NPD 5000.2, Small Business Subcontracting Goals.
A.2 NPD 5101.1, Requirements for Legal Review of Procurement Matters.
A.3 NPR 5101.33 Procurement Advocacy Programs.
A.4 Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 5 U.S.C. Appendix §§1-13.
A.5 Merit-based award of grants for research and development, 10 U.S.C. Sec. 2374.
A.6 Concerning Nondiscrimination in Federally assisted Programs, 14 CFR pt. 1250 through pt. 1252.
A.7 Governmentwide debarment and suspension (nonprocurement) and 14 CFR 1267 Governmentwide requirements for a drug-free workplace (Financial Assistance), 2 CFR pt. 180.
A.8 Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Grants and Agreements, Title 2, CFR, Subtitle A.