Customer Overall Responsibilities. The customers will maintain the reliable operation of the customers’ IT systems that provide information required by the NSSC to perform its services. For the NSSC to provide timely service, it is important that customers submit requests, funding, and transactions timely and accurately in accordance with Agency requirements and guidelines. Center organizations ordering services under the Agency-Wide Acquisition Support Services (AWASS) contract will be responsible for providing office space, office furniture, and utilities, Agency standard IT hardware, and Agency standard software loads (to include access to SAP) for the AWASS contract representatives in accordance with the AWASS contract, if applicable. The Centers will provide occupancy space for Center employees realigned or detailed to the NSSC as part of a transition (i.e., Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) 1105 purchasing agents located at Xxxxxxx Space Flight Center (GSFC)/ Xxxxx Research Center; in accordance with NASA distributed workforce approach). Grants Management Services require access to NASA’s Research and Analysis Program Tracking of Resources and NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System managed by the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). SMD Funding will be utilized at the GSFC level—GSFC/Regional Finance Office Procurement Requisition Funding release strategies are created in SAP to include the NSSC Budget and Accounting Division. Customers may use either current or unexpired prior year funds available in the planned FY in creating a Funds Commitment for charges using their Management and Operations Appropriation or Agency Management and Operations Appropriation for HQ to fund prepayments to the NSSC through the WCF. Funding organizations may use appropriate programmatic funding. Per OCFO direction, oldest year funds are to be used first and the IPAC must identify all funds by Program year for budget formulation. The Centers may also purchase Agency-provided services via established Agency contract mechanisms, including, but not limited to, transaction-based services, such as the Agency Relocation Services, by forecasting anticipated levels of service during the acquisition process and directly awarding and funding task orders in accordance with the applicable contract agreement, respectively.
Customer Overall Responsibilities. NSSC customers will maintain the reliable operation of the customers’ IT systems that provide information required by the NSSC to perform its services. For the NSSC to provide timely service, it is important that customers submit requests, funding, and transactions timely and accurately in accordance with Agency requirements and guidelines. Center organizations ordering services under the Agency-Wide Acquisition Support Services (AWASS) 2.0 contract will be responsible for providing office space, office furniture, and utilities, Agency standard IT hardware, and Agency standard software loads (to include access to SAP) for the AWASS 2.0 contract representatives in accordance with the AWASS 2.0 contract, if applicable. Grants Management Services require access to NASA’s Research and Analysis Program Tracking of Resources and the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) managed by the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). SMD Funding will be utilized at the GSFC level—GSFC/Regional Finance Office Procurement Requisition Funding release strategies are created in SAP to include the NSSC Budget and Accounting Division.
