Attachment 5601-1.2 a Table Of Contents


APPROVAL LEVELS OF AUTHORITY AND DOCUMENT REVIEW – June 2021
(unless further restricted by individual Contracting Officer warrant levels)
SOF AT&L- KF/ KH/KP/KW/KI/KR/KS
ACTION	REVIEW	APPROVAL
1. Acquisition Plan (See paragraphs & paragraph )
Development:
Equal to or greater than $10M	HCD, Legal & SOF AT&L-KM³	SSA
Production:
Equal to or greater than $25M in any one year or equal to or greater than $50M for all years.	HCD, Legal & SOF AT&L-KM³	SSA
*NOTE:* For Services refer to 5601-1.2l paragraphs
2. Type of Contract D&F
Single-Award Indefinite-Quantity Contracts greater than $112M	HCD, Legal, SOF AT&L-KM^3, & HCA	SPE
Award Fee Contracts	HCD, Legal & SOF AT&L-KM³	HCA
Incentive Fee Contracts	KO	HCD¹
Personal Services Contract	HCD, Legal & SOF AT&L-KM³	HCA
Undefinitized Contractual Action (UCA)	HCD, Legal & SOF AT&L-KM³	HCA
Contracts or orders with T&M or LH CLINs (greater than $1M OR greater than 3 yrs)	HCD, Legal & SOF AT&L-KM³	HCA
Contracts or orders with T&M or LH CLINs (less than or equal to $1M AND less than or equal to 3 yrs)	KO	HCD²
3. Justification and Approvals (J&As), Brand Name Justifications, and E xception to Fair Opportunity
Equal to or less than $700,000	KO	KO
Greater than $700,000, but less than or equal to $6.5M	Legal	PAAC
Greater than $6.5M, but less than or equal to $13.5M	HCD, Legal, & SOF AT&L-KM³	AAC
Greater than $13.5M, but less than or equal to $93M	Legal, SOF AT&L-KM³, & AAC	HCA
Greater than $93M	Legal, SOF AT&L-KM³, & AAC	SPE
4a. Requests for Proposals, Invitations for Bids, and Requests for Quotes
Equal to or less than $2M	KO	KO
Greater than $2M, but less than $20M	Legal	KO
Equal to or greater than $20M, but less than $50M	Legal	HCD
For competitive – Equal to or greater than $50M	HCD, Legal, SSAC-C (if applicable), & SSA	SOF AT&L-KM³
For non-competitive – Equal to or greater than $50M	HCD & Legal	SOF AT&L-KM³
4b. Requests for Final Proposals Revisions ( C ompetitive - if applicable)
Equal to or greater than $50M	HCD, Legal, SSAC-C (if applicable) & SOF AT&L-KM³	SSA
5. Business Clearance
Equal to or less than $2M	KO	KO
Greater than $2M, but less than $20M	Legal	KO
Equal to or greater than $20M, but less than $50M	Legal	HCD
For competitive – Equal to or greater than $50M	HCD & Legal	SOF AT&L-KM³
For non-competitive – Equal to or greater than $50M, but less than $500M	Legal & HCD	SOF AT&L-KM³
Equal to or greater than $500M	Legal, HCD, & DPC	SOF AT&L-KM³
6. Contract Clearance
Equal to or less than $2M	KO	KO
Greater than $2M, but less than $20M	Legal	KO
Equal to or greater than $20M, but less than $50M	Legal	HCD
For competitive –
Equal to or greater than $50M	Legal & HCD	SOF AT&L-KM³
For non-competitive –
Equal to or greater than $50M, but less than $500M	Legal & HCD	SOF AT&L-KM³
Equal to or greater than $500M	Legal, HCD, & DPC	SOF AT&L-KM³
7. Source Selection or Evaluation Plans
Equal to or less than $6.5M	KO	SSA
Greater than $6.5M	Legal	SSA
8. Post Award Peer Reviews (Required for Services Only -See SOFARS 5601. 170 )
Equal to or greater than $50M	Legal, HCD & SOF AT&L-KM³	N/A
9. Ratifications
Equal to or less than the SAT	Legal	HCD
Greater than the SAT	HCD, Legal, & SOF AT&L-KM³	HCA
10. Terminations
Termination for Default/Cause	Legal & SOF AT&L-KM³	HCA
Termination for Convenience (equal to or less than $6.5M)	KO	HCD
Termination for Convenience (greater than $6.5M)	Legal	HCD
₁ When the HCD is also the KO, approval authority is one level above the HCD. ₂ When the HCD is also the KO, the approval authority will be the HCA. ₃ For SOF AT&L-KP, the cognizant policy LNO for review and approvals is SOF AT&L-KB. NOTE: The USSOCOM Acquisition Executive/Senior Procurement Executive (AE/SPE) designates as, and delegates the duties of, the USSOCOM Agency Advocate for Competition (AAC) to the Deputy Director of Procurement, and the Procuring Activity Advocate for Competition (PAAC) to each Division Chief of SOF AT&L-KF/KH/KP/KW/KI/KR/KS and Field Contracting Office Chiefs.