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Awardees will no longer be submitting the NF1018 PDF form. Instead, awardees will log 

into NASA Electronic Submission System (NESS) at https://ness.nasa.gov/contractor to 

input property data directly into the application. Use this procedure to request award 

access or view a listing of your awards in NESS.

Trigger

Perform this procedure to obtain access to awards or view award information in NESS.

Prerequisites

• A role in NESS for Contractors is required:

o Guest accounts must be created for awardees without NASA identities. If 

you have not received your guest account credentials via email, please 

contact your Industrial Property Officer (IPO), who will create your guest 

account and/or resend your credentials.

o However, awardees with full NASA identities do not require guest 

accounts.

 Full NASA identities must submit a NAMS request for the IT Asset 

"NESS (NF1018 Electronic Submission System)" requesting the 

NESS Contractor role.

 If you are unable to access https://nams.nasa.gov to submit a 

NAMS request, please contact your Center Industrial Property 

Officer (IPO), who will submit a request on your behalf.

• If you are not assigned to any awards, your screen will be blank. You must 

request access to specific awards to view their data. The person accessing the 

award(s) is the one submitting the property submission (NF-1018). If you can 

already see the data you require, you have been proactively assigned to the 

award, and you do not have to request access.

• Everyone with Full NASA identities accessing NESS is required to take NASA 

Cyber Security Training annually via https://satern.nasa.gov.

• If you are unable to find your award, please contact your Center Industrial 

Property Officer(IPO).

OVERVIEW
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Menu Path

Use the following menu path to begin this task:

• https://ness.nasa.gov/contractor Contracts Summary

Helpful Hints

• Award data is view only. The R/O/C column in the field description table 

typically indicates whether the field is a process Requirement, Optional, or 

Conditional.
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1. Start the task from the NESS for Contractors home page at

https://ness.nasa.gov/contractor.

 Property Submissions is displayed by default.

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2. Click the Contracts/Awards Summary header link 

to display the Contract Summary screen.

PROCEDURE
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3. Perform one of the following:

If You Need To Then

Request access to a contract/award Proceed to next Step 4

Display accessible contracts/awards Skip to Step 9

4. To request access to a contract, click the Add button on the Contract

Requests tab. The Request Contract Access screen will display.

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5. In the Contract/Award # field, begin typing the contract/award number. 

Applicable search results will appear in the drop-down menu.

Use vertical scroll as necessary to view all search results.
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Be sure not to select a contract you already have access to. If you need to 

view a list of contracts/awards you have access to, see Step 9.

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6. Select search results to add to the Contract/Award # field. Click the up arrow

to collapse the drop-down menu when complete.

 More than one contract/award number can be added to the request.

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7. After selecting the appropriate contract/award(s), click the Submit button .

Requests are displayed on the Contract/Award Requests tab.
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8. To cancel a request, first highlight the row to remove.

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8.1. Click the Remove button .
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8.2. Then click the Okay button to confirm the request removal.

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9. Click the Contracts/Awards tab to view a list of contracts you have 

access to your award in NASA Electronic Submission System (NESS).
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10. To view additional details about a contract/award, first highlight the row toview.

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11. Then click the View button . The Summary tab displays by default.

Review the read-only Summary tab fields using field definitions on next Step

12 as a guide.
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12. As required, complete/review the followingfields:

Field R/O/C Description

Contract/Award # Conditional The Contract Number.

Example:

NNX13AL27G

Installation Conditional The NASA installation.

Example:

GRC

Cage Code Conditional The Commercial and Government Entity 

(CAGE) code.

Example:

7G665 - Univ Pennsylvania
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Field R/O/C Description

POP Start Conditional The Period of Performance (POP) start date.

Example:

06/09/2013

POP End Conditional The Period of Performance (POP) end date.

Example:

06/08/2018

Capitalization 

Threshold

Conditional Threshold for determining capital property.

Example:

$100,000

Status Conditional The status of the contract.

Example:

ACTIVE

Type Conditional The type of contract.

Example:

Grant

Property Admin 

Org

Conditional The property administration organization.

Example:

ONR - CHICAGO REGIONAL OFFICE

Flags include:

• Commercial

• IAGP (Installation Accountable Government Property)

• Contractor's/Awardee’s Proposed Property Plans Approved
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13. As required, click the Contacts tab to review contacts for the

contract.

Use horizontal and vertical scroll as necessary.
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14. Click the Cancel button to return to the Contracts tab.
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15. Click the NESS for Contractors link to return to

the home page.
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You have requested access to an award and/or displayed a list of awards you have 

access to in NESS.

RESULT