scope:

PURPOSE. To ensure that the contracted element supplying articles, materials, or services has a quality system and/or process controls that will assure their products meet Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) specified requirements.

APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to evaluation of suppliers that will have quality requirements and/or special processes imposed within the outsourcing process at MSFC (Reference MWI 5100.3).

The evaluation process can be used to support larger procurements associated with pre/post contractor/subcontractor surveys and/or for special supplier requirements associated with NASA processing using inter-Center agreements, and/or Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's) between MSFC/NASA and other NASA partners. Limitations and depth of the evaluation during this process may be imposed by program/project quality planning based on criticality, mission success, cost, and schedule constraints.