scope:

PURPOSE

The purpose of this Marshall Work Instruction (MWI) is to provide instructions for identifying and processing new business opportunities at/for the Center, in accordance with MPD 7100.1. The MWI details the specific Decision Gate processes and Delegated Authority levels needed to complete the Gate A, Gate B, and Gate C Reviews. Typical activities and indicators to meet a particular gate milestone and the expected outcomes are described.

APPLICABILITY 

This MWI applies to Center personnel, programs, projects, and activities, 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, or other agreement parties.) 

This MWI applies to the Michoud Assembly Facility.

This MWI applies the following: all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material. 

This MWI applies the following: all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted. 

This MWI applies to partnerships into which MSFC enters under NASA's Other Transactional Authority (Space Acts, etc.).

The MWI 7100.1 process does not apply to minor augmentation of existing work assignments during normal course of business annual budget development, unless such work is fundamentally a new content/new work start not within the approved program plan. 

This MWI does not prescribe all phases of proposal development, specifically writing of the proposal itself, internal operation of review teams, and activities past the point of award (e.g., negotiations, execution).