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(a) Solicitations shall use the following twelve character alpha-numeric numbering scheme. For the purposes of this section, solicitations include RFPS, draft RFPs, IFBs, RFQs, RFIs, BAAs, NRAs, AOs, and cooperative agreement notices (CANs).
(1) The first two characters shall be NN.
(2) The third character shall designate the Center/Installation issuing the solicitation as follows: A=ARC, C=GRC, D=DFRC, G=GSFC, H=HQ, J=JSC, K=KSC, L=LaRC, M=MSFC, N=NMO-JPL, P=NMO-APL, S=SSC, and X=NSSC.
(3) The fourth and fifth characters shall be two numeric characters for the FY in which the solicitation is expected to be issued.
(4) The sixth through eleventh characters shall be the last six digits of the purchase request (PR) number, except for cases where the solicitation is to be issued without an assigned PR number, for example NASA Research Announcements (NRAs) and Announcements of Opportunity (AOs). In those cases: the sixth character shall be the letter Z; the seventh and eighth characters shall represent the issuing organization’s code; and the ninth through eleventh characters shall be an action number (001-999), assigned sequentially by the issuing organization.
(5) The twelfth character shall be one alpha character for type of solicitation, as follows:
C= CAN
E = IFB
J = Draft RFP
K = BAA (other than AOs or NRAs) or other grant announcements
L = RFI
N = NRA
O = AO
Q = RFQ
R= RFP
(b) The solicitation number is also referred to as the “collective” number within the Integrated Enterprise Management (IEM) system. Since the “collective” field in IEM is limited to ten characters, omit the first two characters (NN) when the solicitation number is entered into the “collective” field.