AFARS PART 5105

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Subpart 5105.3 -- Synopses of Contract Awards

Subpart 5105.4 -- Release of Information

Subpart 5105.5 -- Paid Advertisements


Subpart 5105.3 -- Synopses of Contract Awards

5105.303 -- Announcement of Contract Awards.

(a) Public announcement.

(i) Report all contractual actions, including modifications, that have a face value, excluding unexercised options, of more than $5 million. In addition, report all contractual actions which are of significance to local community, congressional, or Army interest.

(ii)

(A)

(i) The contracting office must submit the information (see DFARS 205.303), complete and accurate, by e-mail or facsimile to the Information Management and Assessment Office, SAAL-PA at DSN 761-9304 or (703) 681-9304, no later than 1200 hours EST or EDST on the day before the day of the proposed award. The information must be sent in the prescribed format in AFARS 5153.9010. No award of the contractual action can be made, without the Contracting Officer receiving approval from the Information Management & Assessment Office. If the Contracting Officer has not received approval from the Information Management & Assessment Office, SAAL-PA, by 1430 hours, EST or EDST, on the day before the day of contract award, the Contracting Officer must contract SAAL-PA to obtain such approval. When the need to award a contractual action is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured unless the award is made, the report of the contractual action must be submitted no later than 1 working day after award. This provision must only be used in those situations where an unusual and compelling urgency exists, and where the delay will clearly result in serious injury to the Government. In addition to the information specified in AFARS 5153.9010, the report of an urgent contractual action, after the fact, must contain the information needed to verify the unusual and compelling urgency, and resultant serious injury to the Government. The provisions of this subparagraph (A)(i) cannot be waived either on an individual or class basis. [AFARS Revision #001, dated Nov 29, 2001]

Subpart 5105.4 -- Release of Information

5105.403 Requests from Members of Congress.

(a) Individual requests. Information that is not being concurrently released for other purposes, but which is being provided specifically in response to a Congressional inquiry, must not be disclosed prior to actual delivery of the information to the Member of Congress or the Member's representative. When the FAR requires referral of the reply to the agency head, the contracting officer must send the proposed reply, with full documentation, and send an interim reply to the Member of Congress, indicating the action being taken. Neither copies of responses to Congressional inquiries nor the substance of replies can be furnished to news media or the public without the prior approval of the Chief of Legislative Liaison, Department of the Army.

5105.404 Release of long-range acquisition estimates

5105.404-1 Release procedures.

(a) Application. HCAs are authorized to release estimates. This authority may be redelegated no lower than the chief of the contracting office.

Subpart 5105.5 -- Paid Advertisements

5105.502 -- Authority.

(a) Newspapers. HCAs may redelegate their authority to approve the publication of paid advertisements in newspapers to their Deputies, PARCs, and installation/activity commanders with authority to redelegate further. The ASA (ALT) has delegated, without authority to redelegate further, authority to approve the publications of advertisements in newspapers to the following:

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