National Aeronautics and Space Administration The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) NSSC Overview Presenter: Mike Vicory Procurement Officer 2017 www.nasa.gov
NSSC Location NASA Shared Services Center Bldg 1111 Jerry Hlass Road Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
NSSC established in March 2006 NSSC Overview cont’d NSSC established in March 2006 Goal: Improve mission support by concentrating, combining and co-locating certain administrative and business activities into a shared services organization. 5 Functional Areas Financial Management (FM) Human Resources (HR) Information Technology (IT) Agency Business Support Procurement (PR) NSSC Staffing Composition 143 Civil Service Employees 391 Service Providers Although located at Stennis Space Center, it is a separate entity that reports to the HQ Mission Support Directorate (MSD) Each NASA Center and Mission Directorate are customers of the NSSC.
Procurement Services Provided by the NSSC Grants & Cooperative Agreements Award & Administration Agency Contracts and Orders Enterprise License Management Team (ELMT) Business Information Technology (formerly I3P) Agency Support (Audit Services, Acquisition Support) SBIR/STTR Contract Award & Administration Simplified Acquisitions FY 16 Obligations FY16 New Awards $341,615,336 1740 FY 16 Obligations FY16 New Awards $46,905,397 690 FY 16 Obligations FY16 New Awards $189,884,012 612 FY 16 Obligations FY16 New Awards $4,229,044 167
Area of Interest: Simplified Acquisitions Historically, each NASA Center awarded and administered simplified acquisitions (the procurement of supplies or services that are over $3.5K and less than $150K). Beginning in May 2016, select SAT procurements began transitioning to the NSSC. The following were not within the scope of the transition: New awards with a potential value over $150,000 (even those utilizing simplified acquisition procedures); New Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts or Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPAs) that permit the award of orders with a potential value over $150,000; Orders under $150,000 issued against an IDIQ contract or BPA retained by the Center (this does not include orders issued against any of the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contracts); Interagency Agreements; Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contracts that are retained by the Centers; Grants that are retained by the Centers; Orders for construction, facility repair or A&E services (PSC codes "C1", "C2", "Y", and "Z"); and SAT purchases made by institutional support contractors on behalf of the Agency.
Area of Interest: Simplified Acquisitions Future Projections: Obligations (Projected) New Awards (Projected) $125,000,000 5,500
Area of Interest: Simplified Acquisitions FY17 Statistics Total Number of SAT Awards (as of 5 June 2017) 2036 Total Obligation Amount (as 5 June 2017) $42,248,953 FY17 Small Business Statistics (as of 31 May 2017): 68% of all SAT awards made by the NSSC have gone to small business NASA historical average: 58% (2011-2014)
Area of Interest: Simplified Acquisitions NSSC Posture: Reasons for dissolution of SB Set Aside: Valid sole source justification No quotes from small businesses received Quote(s) received are above fair market price What you can do to participate: Monitor Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) – Typically, unless an item requires expediting, NSSC will post RFQ’s for 5 days. Register on the NASA Vendor Database https://osbp.nasa.gov/vendor_database.html
POINT OF CONTACT Contact Title Phone Email Mike Vicory Procurement Officer 228-813-6798 michael.j.vicory@nasa.gov