PART 4 -- ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
SUBPART 4.1 -- CONTRACT EXECUTION
4.101 Contracting officer's signature.
SUBPART 4.4 — SAFEGUARDING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITHIN INDUSTRY
4.403 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
SUBPART 4.5 — ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN CONTRACTING
SUBPART 4.6 – CONTRACT REPORTING
SUBPART 4.71 — UNIFORM CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBERING SYSTEM
204.7103-1 Contract line items.
204.7103-2 Numbering procedures.
SUBPART 4.8 – GOVERNMENT CONTRACT FILES
204.802 Contract files.
(S-90) Only original signatures or electronic signatures which utilize PKI certificates are considered binding and legal.
(S-90) Insert the clause at 52.204-9000 in all solicitations and contracts that include DFARS clause 252.232-7006, Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions, and any other solicitations and contracts as deemed appropriate by the Contracting Officer. Point of contact information for the Contracting Office Representative (COR) shall not be filled in prior to contract award.
All negotiated contract awards, both sole source and competitive, shall include the contractor’s signature on the award form.
(c)(1) Instructions for filling out DD Forms 254 are provided in the DISA Acquisition Deskbook entitled “Industrial Security Program & DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification, Implementation Guide.”
(S-90) RFP shall not be released without an approved/signed DD Form 254 from MPS6. The HCO can waive this requirement.
(S-91) After the source selection recommendation has been made and the contracting officer intends to move forward with processing the award documentation, the contracting officer shall update the DD Form 254 along with a summary of changes regarding changes to the form or the PWS/SOW/SOO then submit the DD Form 254 including the summary of changes to MPS6, DISA FT Meade MPS6 Industrial Security mailbox. MPS6 needs 5 business days to review a DD Form 254.
(d) Electronic signatures are created using an individual's PKI certificate or signed scanned documents. If the document that needs signing is not PKI enabled, then it is recommended to utilize software such as AdobePro to sign the document. Original signatures, recommend using blue ink, should be scanned into .pdf format.
(S-90) The Contract Action Report (CAR) will be completed and executed at time of award or modification issuance unless FPDS system issues prevent execution. At no time, should the inability to execute a CAR prevent a timely award or modification issuance. In these events, the CAR should be executed as soon as possible within three business days.
(S-90) Treasury Account Symbols (TAS).
(1) If there is more than one Line of Accounting (LOA) associated with a single contract action, report the TAS that represents the predominant portion of the funds obligated or deobligated on the contract action. The TAS can be obtained for the customer’s LOA provided on their MIPR, AF Form 9, or interagency agreement. For acquisitions based on a TSR/TSO and supported by a Program Designator Code (PDC), the TAS can be obtained by accessing the Telecommunications Inventory and Billing Information (TIBI) application and reviewing the customer’s LOA associated with the PDC. Directions for accessing TIBI and locating the customer’s LOA are available at: https://intranet.ditco.disa.mil/CorporateLibrary/Default.asp . The TAS for all “Y” PDCs is 97 (Agency Identifier) 4930 (Main Account code) 000 (Subaccount code).
(2) Additional information regarding the TAS is available in the Frequently Asked Questions attachment to the DPAP policy memorandum, 28 Oct 2010, “Update to Deployment of Subcontract Reporting Requirements for the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act,” http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA005225-10-DPAP.pdf and the US Treasury “FAST Book” http://www.fms.treas.gov/fastbook/index.html.
(S-90) The contracting officer shall use the contract file checklist applicable to their procurement and file the completed contract file checklist in the Electronic Data Management System (EDMS) contract file. The required checklists for procurements accomplished in accordance with FAR Part 8.4/Federal Supply Schedules and FAR Part 16.5/Indefinite Delivery Contracts, FAR Part 12/Acquisition of Commercial Items, FAR Part 13/Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR Part 15/Contracting by Negotiation, IDIQ CSA Orders, and Inquiry/Quote/Order (IQO) Contracts and Modifications are located at: https://www.ditco.disa.mil/DitcoContractingTemplates/doku.php?id=contract_file_checklists. A new contract file checklist is required for the start of each new procurement action.
(S-91) When using the Integrated Defense Enterprise Acquisition System (IDEAS), the system is the checklist and leads the user through the process by issuing various tasks when required. Therefore, (S-90) is not required when using IDEAS.
204.804 Closeout of contract files.
(S-90) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at DARS 52.204-9001 in all fixed-price, time-and-material, and labor-hour solicitations and contracts/orders (excluding Inquiries and Orders for telecommunications services issued pursuant to the Inquiry/Quote/Order process). For indefinite delivery contracts, insert the clause at the task order level rather than in the base contract. This clause shall not be used in cost-reimbursement solicitations or contracts/orders.
(S-91) Upon contract or order completion, the Contracting Officer shall provide directions to the COR on how to close-out the COR's working file. The Contracting Officer may require that the COR transfer their working file to the Contracting Officer.
(S-90) Contract line items for the base period are to be numbered 000x.
(S-91) Contract line items for the option periods are to be numbered sequentially: 100x for the first option year line items, 200x for the second option year line items, 300x for the third option year line items, 400x for the fourth option year line items, etc.