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NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS RETURNED
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When you submit a query, you will be told how many contracts were found. Viewing a
large number of contractors will take a considerable amount of time to retrieve.
You may click on the STOP button and go BACK to the Query screen to
refine and SUBMIT your query again. It is strongly suggested that you limit
your queries to a particular vendor or place other stringent constraints in order
to limit the amount of data returned.
FISCAL YEAR
You may select the previous fiscal year which encompasses October 1st through September 30th
or the current fiscal year which encompasses October 1st through the previous month end or as
specified by the date on the screen.
ACTIVE AWARDS
All contracts, assistance awards, cooperative agreements or space act agreements and any
purchase order with a value greater than $25k awarded or modified during a fiscal year.
You may select the previous fiscal year which encompasses October 1st through September
30th or the current fiscal year which encompasses October 1st through the previous month
end or as specified by the date on the screen.
NASA CONTRACTORS
Any vendor with an active award during the fiscal year with NASA. Awards include all
contracts, assistance awards, cooperative agreements or space act agreements and any purchase
orders with a value greater than $25k. You may enter "ALL" to retrieve
all contractors or some characters in the contractor name within the box.
BUSINESS TYPE or CATEGORY
Click on the appropriate business type to make your selection. Only one selection is
possible in this field. ALL is the default. The choices are:
ALL - Includes all award types.
LARGE BUSINESS - Awards with a for-profit concern which does not
meet the criteria shown below for small business.
SMALL BUSINESS
- Awards with a for-profit concern that is independently
owned and operated, is not dominant in the field in
which it is submitting offers on Government contracts,
and qualifies as a small business under the criteria
and size standards in FAR 19.001. This selection on a
screen search will include awards to small businesses,
small disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) program awards,
woman-owned small businesses, and awards under the
Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR).
Small Disadvantaged Business
- Awards placed directly with a minority business firm
owned and controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals.
8(a) - Awards placed through the Small Business Administration
with a minority business firm which is owned and
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Small Business Act.
Woman-Owned Small Business
- Awards with a small business that is at least 51 percent
owned, controlled and operated by a woman or women who
are U.S. citizens and are involved in the day to day
operations of the business.
Small Business Innovative Research Program
- Awards that have been placed through the NASA's Small
Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION - Awards placed with an accredited University or College.
Historically Black College or University
- Awards with a black college or university that was
established prior to 1964, whose principle mission was,
and is, the education of black Americans.
Other Minority Institutions
- Awards with an institution of higher education whose
enrollment of a single minority or combination of
minorities exceeds 50 percent of the total enrollment.
NONPROFIT INSTITUTION - Awards with an organization that is a corporation,
foundation, trust or institution not organized for
profit, and no part of its net earnings is applied to
the profit of any private shareholder or individual.
CHANGE IN AWARD VALUE
The change in a specific action to the total contractual amount that the business or grantee
and the Government have agreed upon including all deliverables and exercised options.
INSTRUMENT TYPE
Click on the appropriate type of award to make your selection. Only one selection is
possible in this field. ALL is the default. The choices are:
ALL - Includes contracts, assistance awards, cooperative agreements
or space act agreements and purchase orders.
CONTRACTS - This type of award is used for the acquisition of supplies
and services, including construction, research and
development and commercial items which exceed the simplified
acquisition threshold.
Basic Ordering Agreement (IDV)
- A Basic Ordering Agreement is a written instrument of
understanding, negotiated between an agency, contracting
activity, or contracting office and a contractor, that
contains (1) terms and clauses applying to future contracts
(orders) between the parties during its term, (2) a description,
as specific as practicable, of supplies or services to be
provided, and (3) methods for pricing, issuing, and delivering
future orders under the basic ordering agreement. A basic
ordering agreement is not a contract.
Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
- A Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is a simplified method of
filling anticipated repetitive needs for services and products.
BPAs are "charge accounts" that ordering offices
establish with contractors to provide themselves with an easy
ordering tool.
Definitive Contract
- A Definitive Contract is a mutually binding legal relationship
obligating the seller to furnish the supplies or services
(including construction) and the buyer to pay for them. It
includes all types of commitments that obligate the Government
to an expenditure of appropriated funds and that, except as
otherwise authorized, are in writing. In addition to bilateral
instruments, contracts include (but are not limited to) awards
and notices of awards; job orders or task letters issued under
basic ordering agreements; letter contracts; orders, such as
purchase orders, under which the contract becomes effective by
written acceptance or performance; and bilateral contract
modifications.
Federal Supply Schedule (IDV)
- A Federal Supply Schedule is a GSA schedule contracting office
issued publication containing the information necessary for
placing delivery orders with schedule contractors. Ordering
offices issue delivery orders directly to the schedule
contractors for the required supplies and services.
Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (IDV)
- A Government Wide Acquisition Contract is a task-order or
delivery-order contract for information technology established
by one agency for Governmentwide use that is operated (1) by
an executive agent designated by the Office of Management and
Budget pursuant to section 5112(e) of the Clinger-Cohen Act,
40 U.S.C. 1412(e); or (2) under a delegation of procurement
authority issued by the General Services Administration (GSA)
prior to August 7, 1996, under authority granted GSA by the
Brooks Act, 40 U.S.C. 759 (repealed by Pub. L. 104-106).
Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDV)
- An Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) is a vehicle that has
been awarded to one or more vendors to facilitate the delivery
of supply and service orders.
ASSISTANCE AWARDS - An award of funds or other assistance to accomplish a purpose
that has a public benefit. A grant is typically used to conduct
studies or research in an area of interest to NASA, but generally
does not directly benefit a current NASA project.
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS - An agreement whereby both NASA and the awardee contribute funds
or effort to accomplish a purpose that has a public benefit.
It is typically used to accomplish a mutually desired goal for a
current NASA project where both parties have done some preliminary
work which, if continued separately, would result in unnecessary
duplication of costs.
SPACE ACT AGREEMENTS - A special type of transaction normally restricted to situations
when the use of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement is not
appropriate, to the extent permitted under the National Aeronautics
and Space Act of 1958, as amended. Under these agreements, NASA
typically provides only services or use of facilities to assist
another party in accomplishing a mutually desired goal for a current
NASA project.
PURCHASE ORDERS - This type of awards is used for the acquisition of supplies or
services which usually constitute a low dollar threshold and
simplified acquisition procedures are authorized.
BPA Call (IDV) - A BPA call is a call against an existing blanket purchase
agreement to request a service or product provided under the
established agreement.
Delivery Order - A Delivery Order is an order for supplies placed against an established contract.
Intragovernmental - By using an intra-governmental purchase order, your agency is
encumbering funds to procure goods or services from another
agency. The purchase order remains open until it is automatically
closed by a referencing intra-governmental payment voucher or
until it is manually closed by decreasing the line to zero.
TOTAL AWARD VALUE
On a query screen, click on the appropriate amount range to make your selection. Only one selection
is possible in this field. ALL is the default.
The total contractual amount that the business or grantee and the Government have agreed upon
including all deliverables and exercised options. NOTE: Contracts may contain future options,
whose value will not be included in the Total Award Value unless and until they are
exercised in writing by the contracting officer.
SPECIFIC PRODUCT OR SERVICE CODE
Categories of products or services that are produced or performed by the contractor(s) receiving
the government award(s). Only one selection is possible in this field. ALL is the default.
SPECIFIC NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS, pronounced Nakes) was developed under the
direction and guidance of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the standard for use by
Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the collection, tabulation,
presentation, and analysis of statistical data describing the U.S. economy. Use of the standard
provides uniformity and comparability in the presentation of these statistical data. NAICS is based
on a production-oriented concept, meaning that it groups establishments into industries according
to similarity in the processes used to produce goods or services. NAICS replaced the Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) system in 1997.
See the NAICS Code Table
for a list of valid NAICS codes and the associated descriptions.
NUMBER OF ACTIONS
Number of base awards and modifications to a specific Contractor.
NUMBER OF CONTRACTS
Number of contracts for specific contractor.
FISCAL YEAR TOTAL OBLIGATIONS
The amount of money that the government has obligated, since award through the time
period requested, to a specific contract for subsequent costing/payment for supplies
or services accepted by the government.
CONTRACTOR
Any vendor with an active award during the fiscal year with NASA. Awards include all
contracts, assistance awards, cooperative agreements or space act agreements and any purchase
orders with a value greater than $25k.
CONTRACT NUMBER
The unique identification of a contract, assistance award, cooperative agreement or space act
agreement and any purchase order with a value greater than $25k. The Modification Number will
also appear in the detailed results of an Adhoc query or a MAP query.
NASA CENTER
On a query screen, the NASA center which administers the award instrument.
You may select all NASA centers or a specific center to identify only those awards placed by that
center. Only one selection is allowed.
In query results, the name of the NASA center responsible for the administration of the
award instrument.
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
The contractor Place Of Performance. The city and state where the contractor will perform
the requirements of the contract.
AWARD DATE
Date of commitment to the contractor, i.e. date the contract is signed by the government.
COMPLETION DATE
The end date of the contract period of performance when all the work on the contract and
all modifications thereto is scheduled for completion. Any unexercised options remaining
on this contract are not reflected.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
A region within a state represented by a single member of the House of Representatives.
CONTRACTOR TYPE
Identifies an institution as business, nonprofit, or state/local government.
The different types are as follows:
LARGE BUSINESS - Awards with a for-profit concern which does not meet
the criteria shown below for small business.
SMALL BUSINESS
- Awards with a for-profit concern that is independently
owned and operated, is not dominant in the field in
which it is submitting offers on Government contracts,
and qualifies as a small business under the criteria and
size standards in FAR 19.001. This selection on a screen
search will include awards to small businesses, small
disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) program awards, woman-owned
small businesses, and awards under the Small Business
Innovative Research Program (SBIR).
Small Disadvantaged Business
- Awards placed directly with a minority business firm owned
and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals.
8(a) - Awards placed through the Small Business Administration
with a minority business firm which is owned and controlled
by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals,
in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act.
Woman-Owned Small Business
- Awards with a small business that is at least 51 percent
owned, controlled and operated by a woman or women who are
U.S. citizens and are involved in the day to day operations
of the business. Small Business Innovative Research Program
- Awards that have been placed through the NASA's Small
Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION - Awards placed with an accredited University or College.
Historically Black College or University
- Awards with a black college or university that was established
prior to 1964, whose principle mission was, and is, the education
of black Americans.
Other Minority Institutions
- Awards with an institution of higher education whose enrollment
of a single minority or combination of minorities exceeds 50
percent of the total enrollment.
NONPROFIT INSTITUTION - Awards with an organization that is a corporation, foundation,
trust or institution not organized for profit, and no part of
its net earnings is applied to the profit of any private
shareholder or individual.
INTRAGOVERNMENTAL - Awards to other government agencies from which NASA has acquired
supplies and/or services.
AWARD TYPE
Identifies the type of award in accordance with the basic contractual instruments provisions.
CURRENT FY OBLIGATIONS
The amount of money that the government has obligated during the current fiscal year to a specific
contract for subsequent costing/payment for supplies or services accepted by the government.
TOTAL OBLIGATIONS
The amount of money that the government has obligated, since award through the time period requested,
to a specific contract for subsequent costing/payment for supplies or services accepted by the government.
TAS CODE
The TAS is the grouping of three funding-related codes that are used in federal budgeting and
financial processes. Specifically, the TAS consists of the two character Agency Identifier,
four character Main Account code, and the three character Subaccount Code. Note that the Subaccount
code is optional; TAS often exist with just the Agency Identifier and Main Account code. The fiscal
year of the funds is not included in the TAS.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
A brief description of the supplies and/or services; the contract, assistance award, cooperative
agreement or space act agreement and any purchase order with a value greater than $25k awarded
is to provide to the government.
