scope:

PURPOSE

The mission of the NASA Working Capital Fund (WCF) is to establish a revolving fund that promotes economy, efficiency, and accountability with fully reimbursed rates focusing on streamlining operations, extending resources, measuring performance and improving customer satisfaction. The intent of the WCF is to provide a mechanism by which goods and services can be supplied both to NASA and other governmental agencies, as well as commercial enterprises, on a reimbursable basis, thereby maximizing the economies of scale produced when goods and services are provided from one sole source. NASA candidates best suited for the WCF structure are Agencywide programs and functions that provide goods and services on a recurring basis, to multiple customers, and that have the ability to charge prices or rates that approximate the full cost of goods and services.

This Marshall Procedural Requirements (MPR) outlines the requirements for organizations who wish to make application to operate as a NASA WCF business entity. It discusses the procedures as well as the approval process which shall be followed prior to submission of a business case application to the NASA Working Capital Fund Corporate Board.

APPLICABILITY

This MPR applies to the personnel, programs, projects, and activities at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and MSFC's Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), including contractors and resident agencies to the extent specified in their respective contracts or agreements. ("Contractors," for purposes of this paragraph, include contractors, grantees, Cooperative Agreement recipients, Space Act Agreement partners, or other agreement parties.)

This MPR is applicable to all organizations who apply for status as a NASA Working Capital Fund.