(a) DON contracting activities, purchasing offices and CAOs are responsible for ensuring that a single individual performs only one of the following functions:

(1) initiation of the requirement;

(2) award of contract or placement of order; and

(3) receipt, inspection, and acceptance of supplies or services.

(b) If circumstances preclude an individual from performing a single function, as a minimum, the individual responsible for the award of a contract or placement of an order should not perform the receipt, inspection and acceptance function.