AFARS PART 5107

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Subpart 5107.1 -- Acquisition Plans

Subpart 5107.2 -- Planning for the Purchase of Supplies in Economic Quantities

Subpart 5107.3 -- Contractor Versus Government Performance

Subpart 5107.5 -- Inherently Governmental Functions


AFARS -- Part 5107

Acquisition Planning


Subpart 5107.1 -- Acquisition Plans

5107.103 -- Agency-Head Responsibilities.

(e) Prepare written acquisition plans, for up to a five-year period, in accordance with dollar thresholds contained in the DFARS and acquisition plan approval levels at (h)(i) thru (iii). Update acquisition plans when required for milestone approval or when there is a change in the acquisition strategy.

(h)

(k) Waivers must be approved by the individual authorized to approve the plan.

5107.103-90 -- Distribution of Written Acquisition Plans.

Acquisition plans which have not been approved cannot be released outside the PEO organization or supporting contracting activity without the authorization of the DASA(P).

5107.104 -- General Procedures.

(a) Each HCA must establish an acquisition planning (AP) system which includes all significant or sensitive contracting requirements anticipated for the upcoming fiscal year.

(d) HCAs should establish due dates for submission of procurement requests requiring action by the end of the fiscal year to the contracting office. Exceptions to established due dates must be minimized and require authorization at a level not lower than the chief of the contracting office.

(e) In acquisitions where sole source approvals will be obtained, acquisition planning must provide appropriate opportunities for the following:

(3) establishing a Government/Contractor team (including executors and reviewers), committed on a real-time basis to streamline the acquisition process and maintain open communications;

(4) teaming of the Government and Contractor in development of the proposal and model contract, leading to agreement on contractor effort and costs associated with the task(s); and

(5) teaming of the Government and contractor during post-award contract performance to improve communications and develop efficient contract administration.

Subpart 5107.2 -- Planning for the Purchase of Supplies in Economic Quantities

5107.204 -- Responsibilities of Contracting Officers.

(a) Send offerors’ responses to the solicitation provision in FAR 52.207-4 to the requiring activity.

Subpart 5107.3 -- Contractor Versus Government Performance

To achieve fair and even-handed competition between in-house and industry, Principal Assistants Responsible for Contracting will ensure that industry is provided with pertinent, accurate, and available data necessary to engender as full and complete an understanding as possible of the operation(s) covered by the A-76 competition. Historical data provided must be relevant and well organized (see DA PAM 5-20). To maximize use of Army resources, every effort must be made to utilize A-76 contracting best practices and good ideas that have worked for others and avoid repetition of unsuccessful strategies and procedures. [AFARS Revision #004, dated Jul 26, 2002]

5107.304 (c) -- Solicitation

All A-76 solicitations will be performance-based.

5107.306 -- Evaluation

Deleted. [AFARS Revision #004, dated Jul 26, 2002]

Subpart 5107.5 -- Inherently Governmental Functions

5107.503 -- Policy.

(e) Requiring officials must provide the contracting officer a written determination that none of the functions required are inherently governmental. Disagreements regarding the determination must be resolved by the Contracting Officer prior to issuance of the solicitation.

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