SOFARS PART 5608
REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES
5608.0003 Use of other Government supply sources.
(Revised February 2007)
(f) Administrative, Logistics, Management and Business Operations Support (ALMBOS) contract:
(1) For all SOAL Program Executive Officers and Directors, by order of the USSOCOM Commander, use of the ALMBOS contract is mandatory for acquiring any services offered. Specific written permission must be given by the Principal Deputy or the Acquisition Executive to use any other contractor or contract vehicle for acquisitions. Each request for waiver for services outside USSOCOM ALMBOS contracts shall address the following items using a Form 14 and will be coordinated through the Directorate of Procurement Office:
a. Purpose
b. Manpower
c. Period of performance
d. Work accomplished on-site or off-site
e. Comparison between outside contract costs and ALMBOS costs
f. Rationale for not using in-house contracts
(2) Directorates and components other than SOAL are highly encouraged to make maximum use of the ALMBOS contracts.
(f) Enterprise Information Technology Contract (EITC): Use of the EITC contract is encouraged for all command contracting offices acquiring any services offered under the basic contract.
(g) Foreign Language Education Services Contract (LTSC): Use of the LTSC contract is encouraged for all command contracting offices when acquiring the services offered under the basic contract.
SUBPART 5608.4 FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES
5608.404-90 Determination and certification for use of non-DoD contracts.
(Revised February 2007)
(a) A determination for use of a Non-DoD contract or agency must be prepared prior to placing any order greater than the simplified acquisition threshold against a non-DoD contract. This determination must be coordinated between the requesting organization and the contracting office. Comptroller coordination is required to ensure that the funding appropriation is consistent with the supplies or services to be acquired. Both the using organization and contracting office must certify the determination document prior to placing an order against a Federal Supply Schedule. A copy of the certified determination must be retained in the contract file.
(b) A certified determination must be must completed when transferring money to the General Services Administration (GSA) for placement against a Federal Supply Schedule. The determination must be certified by the requesting activity and a GSA contracting officer prior to legal review. A copy of the certified determination must accompany the inter-departmental purchase request.
(c) Follow the guidelines established in Subpart 5617.503-91.1(c) and (d) for completing the Determination for Use of a Non-DoD Contract document.
SUBPART 5608.70 - COORDINATED ACQUISITION
5608.7004-2 Acceptance by Acquiring Activities.
Contracting Officers shall not accept incoming MIPRs. The Program Executive Officer, Project Manager, or Service Acquisition Manager will accept MIPRs as determined by locally established procedures.
SUBPART 5608.8 - ACQUISITION OF PRINTING AND RELATED SUPPLIES
5608.802 Policy.
(b) Contracting Officers shall work with the requiring activity to obtain approval from their host base's printing authority before purchasing government printing or related supplies as defined in FAR 8.801.
HQ, United States Special Operations Command
Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center (SOAL-K)
SOFARS 5608
February 2007