AFARS -- Part 5136
Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts
Subpart 5136.2 -- Special Aspects of Contracting for Construction
5136.201 -- Evaluation of Contractor Performance.
(a)(1)
(90) For Job Order Contracts, the contracting officer must ensure evaluation of contractor performance for each order of $100,000 or more.
(2) As a minimum, the report (DD Form 2626, Performance Evaluation (Construction)) must be prepared at the final acceptance of work. The COR, or ordering officer, if there is no COR, must be responsible for monitoring contract performance.
(b) The contracting officer is responsible for reviewing performance reports for accuracy and fairness, prior to their submission to the central data base.
(c)
(2) Before awarding a Job Order Contract, contracting officers must retrieve all performance evaluations in the Construction Contractor Appraisal Support System (CCASS) on those offerors in range for award. Contracting officers may rely solely on the CCASS database information in assessing past performance.
5136.209 -- Construction Contracts With Architect-Engineer Firms.
The HCA may approve award of a construction contract to the firm that designed the project. This authority may be redelegated to the PARC or, in the USACE, to the Division Engineer.
5136.271 -- Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contracts.
(i) HCAs may approve the use of cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts for environmental work, unless the environmental work is classified as construction as defined by 10 U.S.C. 2801. This authority may be redelegated no lower than the chief of the contracting office.
(ii) For proposed contracts subject to the requirements of DFARS 236.271, but not covered by the delegation of authority in (i), send the request for approval to the addressee in 5101.290(b)(4),
Subpart 5136.6 -- Architect-Engineer Services
5136.600-90 -- Authority for Architect-Engineer Contracting.
Only the USACE, the National Guard Bureau (for BCE-supported requirements), and, except for military construction and family housing projects, designated TRADOC installations are authorized to contract for architect-engineer (A-E) services. Other Army contracting activities, as mutually agreed with the USACE, may execute task orders for A-E services under USACE indefinite-delivery contracts. The installation contracting officer and facilities engineering personnel must comply with the instructions of the USACE contracting officer regarding the negotiation, issuance, and administration of task orders.
(1) National Guard Bureau contracting officers must --
(A) Use the information contained in the synopsis of the proposed contract action (FAR 5.207(b)); and
(B) Send the notice to the addressee at 5101.290(b)(10), or by typed facsimile to DSN 227-6988/3840/3847 or (703) 697-6988/3840/3847 at least 23 calendar days before the initial obligation of funds.
(2) The USACE must report in accordance with AR 415-15; contracting officers are not required to report.
5136.601-3-90 -- Applicable Contracting Procedures.
(a) Limitations on use of indefinite-delivery A-E contracts. Headquarters, USACE, and Headquarters, National Guard Bureau, must establish appropriate controls on the use of indefinite delivery contracts for architect-engineering services by subordinate contracting offices.
5136.602 -- Selection of Firms for Architect-Engineer Contracts.
5136.602-5 -- Short Selection Processes for Contracts Not to Exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.
The USACE and the National Guard Bureau may use both short processes.