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DATE: October 4, 2002

SUBJECT: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Supplement (NFS); Contract Numbering

SOURCE: Federal Register, October 4, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 193, page 62190

AGENCIES: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

ACTION: Final Rule

SYNOPSIS: This rule amends NFS Subpart 1804.71, Uniform Acquisition Instrument Identification, to make changes to the contract identification numbering scheme used by NASA so NASA's Integrated Financial Management System can be implemented.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Dalton, NASA, Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division (Code HK); 202-358-1645; e-mail: cdalton@hq.nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: NASA is implementing a new Integrated Financial Management System. This new system requires a minor change to the number of digits and sequence of characters used in the contract identification number. This final rule makes these administrative changes to the contract numbering scheme used for NASA contracts, as follows:

• In paragraph (b) of NFS 1804.7101, Policy, the statement, "The identification number shall consist of not more than 11 alpha-numeric characters..." is changed to "...10 alpha-numeric characters..."
  
  
• In the table in paragraph (a) of NFS 1804.7102, Prefixes, the contract prefixes are revised by deleting the space between the "NAS" and the numeral, followed by a hyphen. For example, the contract prefix for Ames Research Center is changed from "NAS 2" to "NAS2-". Also, in paragraph (c), "DEN 8" (for Marshall Space Flight Center contracts funded by the Department of Energy) is replaced by "DEN8-", and in paragraph (d), "NAS 8" (for Marshall Space Flight Center Space Act agreements) is replaced by "NAS8-".
  
  
• In paragraph (a) of NFS 1804.7103, Serial Numbers, "NAS 2 97001 and NAS 2 97002" is replaced with "NAS2-97001 and NAS2-97002."

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