SOFARS PART 5607
ACQUISITION PLANNING
SUBPART 5607.1 - ACQUISITION PLANS
5607.104 General Procedures.
(Added January 2009)
For all actions exceeding $7.5M, unless the contract or order is entirely reserved or set-a-side for Small Business under FAR 19, contracting officers shall coordinate their acquisition plans/strategy with their field office Small Business Representatives. If the primary contracting officer is also the Small Business Representative then the contracting officer shall coordinate their acquisition plans/strategy with the command’s Director of Small Business Programs. For Headquarters buying divisions, coordinate acquisition plans/strategy that meet the above criteria with the command’s Director of Small Business Programs.
5607.105 Contents of Written Acquisition Plans.
(Revised July 2008)
(d) Acquisition plans with an estimated value of $100M or more will include a briefing highlighting the relevant facts surrounding the acquisition. The briefing, formatted substantially the same as the template, will include as a minimum: customer, estimated price, delivery schedule, acquisition strategy recommended. The brief will be presented to the PM and HCA/FCO before the acquisition process begins. The Acquisition Plan Briefing template can be found in the DCG.
SUBPART 5607.5 - Inherently Governmental Functions
5607.503 Policies.
(Revised April 2008)
(e) Contracting Officers shall insure that each contracting requirement for services is accompanied by a written determination from the requiring activity that none of the functions contained in the requirement are inherently governmental as defined in FAR 7.503. A formal Determination and Finding (D&F) is required. Disagreements over the determination shall be resolved by the Contracting Officer and reviewed at one level above the Contracting Officer. Should the Contracting Officer and Chief of the Contracting Office fail to agree on the conclusion, forward the package to SOAL-KM for a final determination.
HQ, United States Special Operations Command
Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center (SOAL-K)
SOFARS 5607
February 2007