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Departments and agencies shall establish and maintain procedures for reviewing and approving orders placed for supplies and services under non-DoD contracts, whether through direct acquisition or assisted acquisition, when the amount of the order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. These procedures shall include—
(a) Evaluating whether using a non-DoD contract for the acquisition is in the best interest of DoD. Factors to be considered include—
(1) Satisfying customer requirements;
(2) Schedule;
(3) Cost effectiveness (taking into account discounts and fees). In order to ensure awareness of the total cost of fees associated with use of a non-DoD contract, follow the procedures at PGI 217.770 (a)(3); and
(4) Contract administration (including oversight);
(b) Determining that the tasks to be accomplished or supplies to be provided are within the scope of the contract to be used;
(c) Reviewing funding to ensure that it is used in accordance with appropriation limitations; and
(d) Collecting and reporting data on the use of assisted acquisition for analysis. Follow the reporting requirements in subpart 204.6.
Change History
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| detected 2026-04-17 | PGI_MODIFIED | PGI 217.770 updated: 9 lines added, 3 lines removed |
View diff--- previous +++ current @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ -(a)(3) -(i) Departments and agencies shall ensure full awareness of the total costs of all fees associated with use of a non-DoD contracting vehicle. In order to ensure full awareness, the DoD acquisition official shall require the servicing agency to─ (A) Provide notification if its acquisition approach will use another agency's contract vehicle; and (B) Identify all fees (direct and indirect) associated with the assisted acquisition. -(ii) The DoD acquisition official shall document in the business decision the rationale to continue with the assisted acquisition given the total fees (direct and indirect) involved.+Departments and agencies shall establish and maintain procedures for reviewing and approving orders placed for supplies and services under non-DoD contracts, whether through direct acquisition or assisted acquisition, when the amount of the order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. These procedures shall include-- +(a) Evaluating whether using a non-DoD contract for the acquisition is in the best interest of DoD. Factors to be considered include-- +(1) Satisfying customer requirements; +(2) Schedule; +(3) Cost effectiveness (taking into account discounts and fees). In order to ensure awareness of the total cost of fees associated with use of a non-DoD contract, follow the procedures at PGI 217.770 (a)(3); and +(4) Contract administration (including oversight); +(b) Determining that the tasks to be accomplished or supplies to be provided are within the scope of the contract to be used; +(c) Reviewing funding to ensure that it is used in accordance with appropriation limitations; and +(d) Collecting and reporting data on the use of assisted acquisition for analysis. Follow the reporting requirements in subpart 204.6. |
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