FAR Companion Part 50

Part 50 - Extraordinary Contractual Actions and the SAFETY Act

FC50.205-2 FC 50.205-2 SAFETY Act pre-qualification designation notice - requiring activity

responsibilities. If the program office or requiring activity determines that the technology to be acquired may qualify for SAFETY Act (the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002) protection, the program office or requiring activity is responsible for requesting a pre- qualification designation notice from DHS. A request for a pre-qualification designation notice should be made once the requiring activity has determined that the technology specifications or statement of work are established and are unlikely to undergo substantive modification. DHS will then determine whether the technology identified in the request either affirmatively or presumptively satisfies the technical criteria for SAFETY Act designation. The notice will authorize offerors to (i) Submit a streamlined application for SAFETY Act designation; and (ii) Receive expedited review of their application for SAFETY Act designation. Requests should be made at http://www.SAFETYAct.gov. Upon receipt of the pre-qualification designation notice from DHS, the program office or requiring activity should submit the documentation to the contracting officer for inclusion in the presolicitation notice.