Approved program means a program determined as necessary or appropriate for priorities and allocations support to promote the national defense by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, under the authority of the Defense Production Act, the Stafford Act, and Executive Order , or the Selective Service Act and related statutes and Executive Order Delegate Agency means a Government agency authorized by delegation from the Department of Commerce to place priority ratings on contracts or orders needed to support approved programs.
National defense means programs for military and energy production or construction, military assistance to any foreign nation, stockpiling, space, and any directly related activity.
Rated order means a prime contract, a subcontract, or a purchase order in support of an approved program issued in accordance with the provisions of the DPAS regulation 15 CFR part For more information, check the DPAS website at: www. All DO rated orders have equal priority with each other and take preference over unrated orders. Other U. Government agencies, Canada, and foreign nations may apply for priority rating authority. Any permissible variation shall be stated as a percentage and it may be an increase, a decrease, or a combination of both; however, contracts for subsistence items may use other applicable terms of variation in quantity.
The overrun or underrun permitted in each contract should be based upon the normal commercial practices of a particular industry for a particular item, and the permitted percentage should be no larger than is necessary to afford a contractor reasonable protection. The permissible variation shall not exceed plus or minus 10 percent unless a different limitation is established in agency regulations.
Consideration shall be given to the quantity to which the percentage variation applies. For example, when delivery will be made to multiple destinations and it is desired that the quantity variation apply to the item quantity for each destination, this requirement must be stated in the contract. If a contractor delivers a quantity of items in excess of the contract requirements plus any allowable variation in quantity, particularly small dollar value overshipments, it results in unnecessary administrative costs to the Government in determining disposition of the excess quantity.
Accordingly, the contract may include the clause at Construction contracts may authorize a variation in estimated quantities of unit-priced items. When the variation between the estimated quantity and the actual quantity of a unit-priced item is more than plus or minus 15 percent, an equitable adjustment in the contract price shall be made upon the demand of either the Government or the contractor.
The contractor may request an extension of time if the quantity variation is such as to cause an increase in the time necessary for completion. The contracting officer must receive the request in writing within 10 days from the beginning of the period of delay. However, the contracting officer may extend this time limit before the date of final settlement of the contract. The contracting officer shall ascertain the facts and make any adjustment for extending the completion date that the findings justify.
Supplies may be evaluated under comparable in-use conditions without a further test plan, provided offerors are so advised in the solicitation. The results of such tests or demonstrations may be used to rate the proposal, to determine technical acceptability, or otherwise to evaluate the proposal see This is a U.
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Remember Big? John Heard played Paul, the rival designer at the toy company. He brings a bunch of emotional baggage into a product design review meeting, and undermines the effectiveness of the group at evaluating the ideas on their merit. Sometimes people are unprepared to review a requirements document. In the mean time, they will do more harm than good by spouting off. Johnny Come Lately. Some requirements documents fade and yellow and curl at the edges under a layer of dust before they ever get reviewed.
When people pocket veto a document, they hurt the schedule. Sometimes, they do it on purpose. The Flip-Flopper. Ever gather requirements, only to have your source go schitzophrenic on you and completely reverse their position when it comes time to formally approve a document?
We might record the information incorrectly, when our elicitation techniques fail us. But flip-floppers will fail us even if we capture the information correctly. The Pedant. The goal of a requirements document is communication. One challenge in writing those documents is avoiding ambiguity. Editing a document for clarity is good. Wordsmithing a document to make it read precisely the way someone wants can be bad.
Making the Approval Process Easier Here are some suggestions about how to reduce or eliminate the problems that arise from the anti-pattern reviewers: The Rubber Stamper. Get this approval off the list. TB ministers will entertain submissions requesting retroactive approval of a contract or contract amendment only under exceptional circumstances, e.
In such cases, TB requires certification that the minister concerned agreed to the commencement of the work before receiving TB approval including a full report on the reasons, the managerial responsibilities involved and corrective actions taken. Skip to main content Skip to footer. All … services acquisitions with a requirement value estimated greater than or equal to the simplified acquisition threshold SAT utilizing AF appropriated funds purchased by the AF or any other acquisition entity for a requirement that benefits the AF, and.
All … services acquisitions with a requirement value estimated greater than or equal to the SAT utilizing appropriated funds of others and executed by an AF entity. Following preliminary market research, the acquisition team formulates a solution for the mission requirement. The RAA needs to show the existence of a requirements review process. FAR As set forth in FAR 2. However, FAR 2. AFI , paragraph 1. Consequently, pursuant to the requirements set forth in AFI sections 3.
Based on this analysis, we recommend either using a Requirements contract as described in FAR
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