PURPOSE

This NASA Procedures and Guidelines (NPG) 4200.1E, Equipment Management Manual, cancels the Equipment Management Manual (NHB 4200.1D). These guidelines serve to achieve the policy held within the NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 4200.1, Equipment Management. It offers procedural guidance to NASA personnel for the acquisition, management, responsibility, points of contact, and use of NASA-owned equipment. Centers are encouraged to customize their equipment management procedures to meet their local requirements. The Federal Acquisition Regulations, Part 45; the NASA FAR Supplement, Part 1845; and the terms and conditions of individual contracts establish the policies and procedures for contractor accountable, NASA-owned equipment and Center-accountable, NASA-owned equipment to the extent stated in the Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP) clause, (NASA FAR Supplement 1852.245.71). Equipment acquired and or furnished under NASA grants and cooperative agreements are subject to the requirements of NPG 5800.1, NASA Grant and Cooperative Handbook.

APPLICABILITY

This NPG applies to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and other institutionally accountable, NASA-owned equipment wherever located. When the provisions of this guidance conflict with provisions of international agreements and property manuals covering property at tracking stations in foreign countries, or the FAR, the NASA FAR Supplement, for contractor-accountable equipment, the provisions of these latter documents prevail.