FY 09 Acquisition Forecast
John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC)

ARC - Ames Research Center
DFRC - Dryden Flight Research Center
GRC - Glenn Research Center
GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center
HQ - NASA Headquarters
SSPO - International Space Station Program Office
JSC - Johnson Space Center
KSC - Kennedy Space Center
LaRC - Langley Research Center
MSFC - Marshall Space Flight Center
SSC - Stennis Space Center
WFF - GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility

Indicates the Product and Service Code (PSC) applicable to the forecasted procurement as described in the Federal Procurement Data System Manual. PSCs have up to four alphanumeric identifiers. The first one or two elements of the PSC generally correspond to the codings used to categorize procurements published in the Commerce Business Daily. As much of the PSC as possible is used, depending on the current knowledge of the procurement.

Identifies the procurement category as Research and Development (R&D), Services (SERV), or Supplies and Equipment (SUPS), according to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) definitions.

Indicates the approximate dollar value by the following ranges:

Indicates the anticipated time, by quarter (RELQTR) and Government fiscal year (RELFY), for the release of the solicitation. The Government fiscal year begins on October 1.

Identifies the extent to which the procurement is presently considered to be exclusively available for small and small disadvantaged businesses to perform. "FULL" indicates a full set-aside is contemplated; "PART" indicates a partial set-aside is expected; "NONE" indicates that no set-aside is currently planned; and "TBD" means that no preliminary determination has been made.

Indicates whether the procurement is expected to be competitive ("Y") or non-competitive ("N").

Identifies the name of a NASA employee at the procuring activity who is knowledgeable of the procurement and who can assist interested parties in assessing their abilities to participate in the procurement, either as a prime or subcontractor.

Identifies the commercial telephone number of the person named as the Point of Contact.

Provides the principal requirements of the procurement and any other information the procuring activity considers to be useful to potential sources.

Indicates whether the procurement has been updated since the previous forecast. New listings will be identified by "0". Each time a previously forecast procurement is updated, this entry will be correspondingly annotated. For example, a procurement ation that has had some of its forecast information revised twice since its original publication would have the number "2" in this column.