Deliverables

Deliverables are all contract items negotiated between the Contract Specialist assigned to the contract and the small business concern or awardee. They generally consist of progress reports, interim reports, invoices, new technology report, and project summaries. All deliverables are uploaded to the Contract Administration and Closeout Handbook. Instructions for use of the handbook are sent to the awardee from the Contract Specialist negotiating the contract. Please visit the NASA SBIR/STTR Firms Library and view templates and samples of all potential deliverables required for each phase of the contract.

Contract Administration and Closeout

The Contract Administration and Closeout Electronic Handbook (EHB) is designed to help the Awardee's Principal Investigators/Official prepare and submit Intermediary and Final Deliverables for their SBIR and STTR contracts using a paperless process. Please visit the NASA SBIR/STTR Firms Library and view templates and samples of all potential deliverables required for each phase of the contract. Included in the Library are those for this part of the process. All EHB transactions are processed through the secure server. Additional security measures have been implemented to authenticate users registering from the same firm.


Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR)

The NASA contracting officer, who negotiates and monitors your contract, has support from the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR, pronounced Co-Tar). The COTR on your contract is your primary contact within NASA on the contract's technology focus and objectives. Given that one of the primary goals of the SBIR and STTR programs at NASA is the post Phase II development and infusion of your firm's technology into NASA's programs and missions, your interaction with technologists within NASA is important and the COTR is your link and facilitator.

Advisors

The COTR may designate, after consultation with your firm, technologists or technology users, primarily from within NASA, that will have ready access to your reports. These individuals will act as advisors, in addition to the COTR, and will help provide insight to your firm on NASA's needs and missions as you develop your technology.


Intellectual Property

The separate and distinct types of intangible property that are referred to collectively as "intellectual property," including but not limited to: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, SBIR/STTR technical data (as defined in this section), ideas, designs, know-how, business, technical and research methods, and other types of intangible business assets, and including all types of intangible assets either proposed or generated by an SBC as a result of its participation in the SBIR/STTR Program.


SBIR/STTR Technical Data Rights

Technical Data Rights are the rights an SBC obtains in data generated in the performance of any SBIR/STTR funding agreement that an awardee delivers to the Government during or upon completion of a Federally-funded project, and to which the Government receives a license.


Phase III Activities

Complete information on the types of Phase 3 information to consider when preparing a Phase 2 proposal is located at Part 7 of the 2007 Solicitation. It indicates how to describe plans for Phase 3 commercialization (including applications/sales back to NASA) in terms of market feasibility and competition, strategic relevance to the offeror, production and operations and financial planning.