FAST TRACK Short Form/Acquisition 360

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB Control Number: XXXX-YYYY)

T ITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Acquisition 360 – Improving the Acquisition Process through Timely Feedback from External and Internal Stakeholders

PURPOSE: This survey is mandated by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives dated March 18, 2015. The memo requires all agencies to conduct surveys of procurements for complex Information Technology development, systems or services. Within this category, agencies are required to conduct a survey regarding both the two largest procurements awarded in the last six months, and the lesser of 50 or 5% of new awards awarded during FY 2015.

NASA will release a survey to vendors meeting the established criteria to access their satisfaction level.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Potential vendors providing proposals in response to certain FY 2015 procurements described above.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [X] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [ ] Other: ______________________

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name: Daniel J. Walt, Procurement Analyst

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [X] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X] No

BURDEN HOURS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time	Burden
Business or other for-profit institutions	15	10 minutes	2.5 hours
Totals

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $0.00.

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [X] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

The customer list is comprised of all vendors submitting proposals in response to the solicitations for either contract number NNX16MA01B or contract number NNC14BA04B.

We do not have a sampling plan because the universe of respondents is limited.

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [X] No

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.