[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR1852.215-78]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
        CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1852.215-78  Make or buy program requirements.

    As prescribed in 1815.408-70(a), insert the following provision:

               Make or Buy Program Requirements (FEB 1998)

    The offeror shall submit a Make-or-Buy Program in accordance with 
the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.407-2. The 
offeror shall include the following supporting documentation with its 
proposal:
    (a) A description of each major item or work effort.
    (b) Categorization of each major item or work effort as ``must 
make,'' ``must buy,'' or ``can either make or buy.''
    (c) For each item or work effort categorized as ``can either make or 
buy,'' a proposal either to ``make'' or ``buy.''
    (d) Reasons for (i) categorizing items and work effort as ``must 
make'' or ``must buy'' and (ii) proposing to ``make'' or ``buy'' those 
categorized as ``can either make or buy.'' The reasons must include the 
consideration given to the applicable evaluation factors described in 
the solicitation and be in sufficient detail to permit the Contracting 
Officer to evaluate the categorization and proposal.

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    (e) Designation of the offeror's plant or division proposed to make 
each item or perform each work effort and a statement as to whether the 
existing or proposed new facility is in or near a labor surplus area.
    (f) Identification of proposed subcontractors, if known, and their 
location and size status.
    (g) Any recommendations to defer make-or-buy decisions when 
categorization of some items or work efforts is impracticable at the 
time of submission.

                           (End of provision)

[62 FR 3483, Jan. 23, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 9965, Feb. 27, 1998; 63 
FR 32764, June 16, 1998]