---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1815.207-71"
title: "48"
number: "1815.207-71"
heading: "Appointing non-Government evaluators as special Government employees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1815.207-71"
---

# §1815.207-71. Appointing non-Government evaluators as special Government employees.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, non-Government evaluators, except employees of JPL, shall be appointed as special Government employees.
- (b) Appointment as a special Government employee is a separate action from the approval required by paragraph 1815.207-70(b) and may be processed concurrently. Appointment as a special Government employee shall be made by:
  - (1) The NASA Headquarters personnel office when the release of proposal information is to be made by a NASA Headquarters office; or
  - (2) The installation personnel office when the release of proposal information is to be made by the installation.
- (c) **Non-Government evaluators need not be appointed as special Government employees when they evaluate—**
  - (1) Proposals submitted in response to broad agency announcements such as Announcements of Opportunity and NASA Research Announcements;
  - (2) Unsolicited proposals; and
  - (3) **SBIR and STTR proposals.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 9954, Feb. 27, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 44408, Aug. 19, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 9954, Feb. 27, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 9954, Feb. 27, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 44408, Aug. 19, 1998]