scope:

APPLICABILITY

a. This NPD is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. These provisions are applicable to any onsite contractor who purchases materials, uses Center-provided materials inventory management system, or who maintains supply systems for NASA only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts. This policy shall be incorporated in all contracts for onsite NASA material management/supply support.

b. When the provisions of this policy conflict with NASA contracts regulated by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 45, or NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) Part 1845, or international agreements and procedures governing materials in foreign countries, the provisions of the latter shall govern.