Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System--Volume 1
PART 1807—ACQUISITION PLANNING
1807.7200   Policy.
(a) As required by the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988, it is NASA policy to—
(1) Prepare an annual forecast and semiannual update of expected contract opportunities or classes of contract opportunities for each fiscal year;
(2) Include in the forecast contract opportunities that small business concerns, including those owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, may be capable of performing; and
(3) Make available such forecasts to the public.
(b) The annual forecast and semiannual update are available on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service ( http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/forecast/index.html ).
1807.7201   Definitions.
Class of contracts means a grouping of acquisitions, either by dollar value or by the nature of supplies and services to be acquired.
Contract opportunity means planned new contract awards exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT).