Order Overview
The SEWP IV contract is open to all Federal Agencies and their authorized Federal Agency contractors. The contract is managed and administered by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The SEWP IV contract is an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded for seven years starting May 1, 2007

Order Process
The internal ordering process of each Federal Government agency varies. The typical process, however, is for an end-user to determine a requirement and generate a Purchase Request (PR). The PR along with any necessary funding information is sent to a Procurement Office, which produces a Delivery Order (DO). The process and accompanying forms for PR's and DO's that are issued against the SEWP IV contract are defined by the issuing agency and not the NASA SEWP office. Therefore, any valid Federal Agency DO form and the associated Delivery Order number may be used. The NASA SEWP office does not issue DO's - these must be issued through the issuing Agency's Procurement Office.

Some agencies have special requirements for issuing IT Delivery Orders. It is the Issuing Agency's Contracting Officers (COs) responsibility to be aware of any agency-specific rules.

Order Surcharge
SEWP has a .6% surcharge with limits as noted below. Agencies should reference the surcharge CLIN (SEWPZ) directly on delivery orders.

The surcharge rate for SEWP IV is as follows:

• Orders between $0 and $1,666,000 ... 0.6% surcharge
• Orders over $1,666,000 and up.... $10,000 cap

NASA SEWP reserves the right to adjust all surcharge rates as the SEWP BOWL budget so requires.

Who Can Order
The SEWP IV contract is for use by all Federal Agencies and their authorized Federal Agency Contractors. Authorized contractors are able to buy directly from the SEWP contract in support of other Federal Government Contracts. For approval, the requesting Federal Agency Contracting Officer (CO) should send a letter to the SEWP IV program Management Office with the following information:

1. Authorizing Agency Name, Contracting Officer (CO) Name, Mailing Address, Phone/FAX number
2. Contractor Name and Contract Number including Period of Performance
3. A statement that the contractor is authorized to purchase from SEWP contracts in support of the above contract.
4. The CO's signature and Date signed

Mail original letters to the SEWP Program Office:
SEWP Program Office (BOWL)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop 720.4
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: (301)286-1478
Fax: (301)286-0317

Order Support for Existing Orders/Problematic Orders
If you are having problems with an order, please use the contact list below:

Charles Boice
cboice@alvarezassociates.com
303-569-6353

Fair Opportunity
SEWP IV is comprised of 10 separate classes of contracts, 1 is a single-award contract and 9 are multi-award contracts. Even though the SEWP IV contracts were awarded using full and open competitive processes, fair opportunity must be provided for contractors in multi-award classes.

FAR 16.505 (b)(1) provides that each contractor shall be given a fair opportunity to be considered for each order exceeding $3,000 issued under multiple delivery-order contracts. Additional information about the FAR 16.505 can be found at http://www.sewp.nasa.gov