scope:

Applicability

a. This NPR applies to NASA Headquarters (HQ) and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers, for all sources of construction funding including CoF funding provided by Programs. In addition, this NPR applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally-funded research and development center, and other contractor facilities to the extent specified or referenced in their contracts. For the rest of this document, the term "Centers" refers to NASA Centers, Component Facilities, and JPL. It also applies to non-NASA-owned facilities constructed on NASA real estate unless the NASA HQ Facilities and Real Estate Division (FRED) waives the requirement.

b. In this NPR, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements using 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.

c. All document citations in this NPR refer to the latest version of the document unless otherwise noted.

d. Documents cited as authority, applicable, or reference documents may be cited as a different categorization, which characterizes its function in relation to the specific context.

Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) provides the minimum requirements for planning, approving, and acquiring all NASA Facility Projects with an approved facility project cost estimate (AFPCE) for construction of $100,000 or greater (excluding maintenance work). This document implements the criteria established in the NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 8820.2, Design and CoF, by supplementing the policies and requirements per NPD 7120.4, NASA Engineering and Program/Project Management Policy and per NPR 7120.7, NASA Information Technology (IT) Program and Project Management Requirements, with specific facility planning, design, construction, and commissioning requirements.