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SUBPART 1.1--PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, ISSUANCE

1.101 Purpose.

SUBPART 1.2--ADMINISTRATION

1.290 Routing of documents and mailing addresses.

DOCUMENT FORWARDING AND APPROVAL MATRIX

CITE

TYPE ACTION

FORWARD TO

APPROVED BY

1.301(b)

Federal Register publication

1.290(b)(5)

N/A

1.304(a)

Acquisition instructions

1.290(b)(5)

N/A

1.304(a)(1)(A), (B)

& (C)

Request for approval

1.290(b)(5)

OUSD(A&T)/DDP

Army Labor Advisor

ASA(FM)

1.304(a)(4)(C)

Industry appeals

1.290(b)(5)

DIR, USACSA

1.402

Request for deviation

1.290(b)(5)

USD(A&T)/DP or DASA(P)

1.602-1-90(b)

Review of proposed contracts

1.290(b)(3)

DASA(P)

3.104-9(f)

Waiver of certification

1.290(b)(5)

SecArmy

3.203(c)(iii)

Report of suspected violations of the Gratuities clause

CDR, US Army Legal Services Agency

N/A

3.204(ix)

Administrative record of hearings

TJAG

ASA(RDA)

3.570-3

Request for waiver

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

3.804(b)

Contractor disclosures

1.290(b)(5)

N/A

3.805

Request for exemption

1.290(b)(5)

SecDef

6.202(b)(1)

D&F to establish or maintain alternative sources

1.290(b)(2)

ASA(RDA)

206.302-5(c)(i)(B)

Draft notice of intent

1.290(b)(2)

Congress

206.302-7(c)

D&F

1.290(b)(2)

SecDef

6.303-1(d)

Forwarding copy of J&A to Office US Trade Representative

1.290(b)(2)

N/A

206.304(a)(4)

J&A (>$50M)

1.290(b)(2)

ASA(RDA)

209.104-1(g)(i)(B)

Request for waiver

1.290(b)(2)

SecDef

209.104-1(g)(ii)(C)

Request for waiver and proposed National Interest Determination

1.290(b)(2)

ASD(C3I)

9.405(a)

Request for approval of determination

1.290(b)(11)

Army Debarring Official

9.503

Request for OCI waiver

1.290(b)(2)

ASA(RDA)

11.502(d)

Request for remission of liquidated damages for delay

1.290)b)(5)

CompGen

14.407-3(e)

Request for advance decision - mistakes in bid

1.290(b)(5)

CompGen

15.406-1(a)(7)

Exemption from UCF

1.290(b)(5)

DASA(P)

215.611(c)(iii)(C)

BAFO summary reports

1.290(b)(2)

ASA(RDA)

15.612(b)(1)(D)

SSA Nomination

1.290(b)(3)

ASA(RDA)

15.804-1(b)(5)

Waiver of requirement for certified cost/pricing data

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

15.891-3

Status Report on Specified Contract Audit Reports

1.290(b)(7)

DoDIG

17.102-3(d)(3)

Request to include recurring costs in the cancellation ceiling

1.290(b)(2)

ASA(RDA)

219.602-3(c)(i)(B)

Appeal of CoC

1.290(b)(5)

SBA Central Office

222.406-8(a)(iii)

Report of investigation

Army Labor Advisor

Department of Labor (DOL)

222.406-8(d)

Contracting officer's report

Army Labor Advisor

DOL

DOCUMENT FORWARDING AND APPROVAL MATRIX (CONTINUED)

22.608-2(f)(1)(ii)

Protest of contracting officer's determination of eligibility

Army Labor Advisor

DOL

22.608-6(c)

Contracting officer's notification of breach of stipulation

Army Labor Advisor

DOL

22.803(d)

Applicability of E.O. 11246, Equal Opportunity Clause

Army Labor Advisor

ASA(RDA)

222.1306(1)

Complaints about administration of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1972

Army Labor Advisor

DOL

22.1021(a)

Request for hearing

Army Labor Advisor

DOL

222.1406(1)

Complaints about administration of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Army Labor Advisor

DOL

222.7002

Waiver of restrictions on employment

Army Labor Advisor

ASA(RDA)

23.104(c)

Request for exemption to contract with firms proposing to use facilities that violate the Clean Air or Water Act

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

23.107

Contracting officer's notification of noncompliance with clean air or water standards

1.290(b)(6)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

223.7002(c)

Waiver of requirement to use the "Hazardous Waste Liability" clause

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

23.7102(a)(8)

Determination to store non-DoD owned toxic or hazardous waste materials at an industrial type DoD facility

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

23.7102(b)

Exception to prohibition to store or dispose of non-DoD own toxic or hazardous materials on DoD installations

1.290(b)(6)

SecDef

225.102(a)(3)(C)(2)

Determination to grant a public interest exception (Buy American Act)

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

225.102(b)(ii)(D)

Determination of non-availability (Buy American Act)

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

25.202(a)(2)

D&F ($25K or Less)

1.290(b)(13)

HCA, USACE

25.202(a)(2)

D& F(>$25K)

1.290(b)(6)

DASA(P)

25.202(a)(3)

D&F

1.290(b)(6)

DASA(P)

25.203

Determination that use of domestic construction materials is unreasonable

1.290(b)(3)

HCA, USACE

25.204

Contracting officer's determination of failure to comply with "Buy American Act-Construction Materials" clause

1.290(b)(11)

 

DOCUMENT FORWARDING AND APPROVAL MATRIX (CONTINUED)

25.302(b)(3)

Determination that a requirement can only be filled by a foreign end producer or service

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

25.302(c)

Determination to use foreign construction materials OCONUS

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

225.402(c)(ii)

Request for National Interest Waiver

1.290(b)(2)

USD(A&T)/DP

225.403(d)(1)(A)

Exception for national security or national defense purposes

1.290(b)(2)

USD(A&T)/DP

25.703

Exception to certain foreign purchase restrictions for use OCONUS

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

225.770-4

Waiver of restriction - Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel

1.290(b)(6)

SecDef

225.871-4

Determination to waive statutory provisions when awarding contracts for NATO cooperative projects

1.290(b)(6)

DepSecDef

225.871-5

Authorization for direct subcontracting in support of NATO cooperative projects

1.290(b)(6)

USD(A&T)/DP

225.871-7(a)&(b)

Congressional notification

25.871(a)

USD(A&T)DP

Congress

225.872-3(f)(4)

Request for concurrence to exclude a qualifying country source

1.290(b)(6)

USD(A&T)

25.872-4(c)(1)(iv)

Request for exemption of the BAA/BOP Program

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

25.901(c)

D&F to Omit Examination of Records Clause

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA) with concurrence of CompGen

225.7002-2(a)

Determination to exempt a proposed contract from certain statutory restrictions

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

225.7012-1(b)

D&F to Waive Restriction on Anchor and Mooring Chain

1.290(b)(6)

SecArmy

225.7012-3(b)

Determination that domestic supplies are not available to meet requirements on a timely basis

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

225.7017-3

Determination to waive the Restriction on Carbon Alloy and Armor Steel Plate

1.290(b)(6)

SecArmy

225.7018-2

Determination to waive the restriction on procuring non-domestic Four Ton Dolly Jacks

1.290(b)(6)

SecArmy

225.7019-3(b)

Waiver of restriction on using Fiscal Year 1996 funds to acquire ball and roller bearings other than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

DOCUMENT FORWARDING AND APPROVAL MATRIX (CONTINUED)

225.7021-2

Determination to waive the restriction on procuring non-domestic aircraft fuel cells

1.290(b)(6)

SecArmy

27.303(d)(2)

D&F, Statement of Fact and Analysis

1.290(b)(6)

Dept of Commerce (DOC)/SBA

28.203-7(d)

Determination to accept bonds of Individual sureties who are "Parties Excluded from Procurement Programs"

1.290(b)(11)

CDR, US Army Legal Services Agency

28.303(a)

Contention that a contractor is an agent of the Government

Chief, Contract Law Division, OTJAG

ASA(RDA

28.305(d)

Request for Waiver - Overseas Workers Compensation & War Hazard Insurance

1.290(b)(6)

Sec Labor

29.303

Determination that a contractor is an agent of the government

Chief, Contract Law Division, OTJAG

ASA(RDA)

30.201-5

Request for CAS waiver

1.290(b)(5)

CASB

32.409

Request for approval to make advance payments

1.290(b)(9)

ASA(FM)

232.501-2(a)

Request for Unusual Progress Payments

1.290(b)(5)

DDP

32.502-2

Approval to deviate from customary progress payment terms

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(FM)

32.606(c)

Transfer of case file to contract finance office

1.290(b)(9)

DFAS

232.617(a)(7)

Request to exempt contracts from administrative interest charges

1.290(b)(9)

USD(A&T)/DP

232.671

Claims in bankruptcy, insolvency, or in proceedings for reorganization

1.290(b)(9)

Department of Justice

33.105(d)(2)

Request for award in the face of protest to GSBCA

1.290(b)(6)

DASA(P)

33.203(b)

Determination to exempt a contract from CDA

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

235.002(1)

Request for approval to exceed a ten year period of performance and proposed notice to Congress

1.290(b)(2)

ASA(RDA)

235.006(b)(i)(C)(1)

Determination to use a fixed price contract for development

1.290(b)(2)

USD(A&T)

235.070-1(a)

Request for indemnification under R&D contracts

1.290(b)(2)

SecArmy

236.270(a)

Approval to expedite the completion date of a construction contract if costs are involved

1.290(b)(6)

SecArmy

236.271

Request for approval to use a CPFF contract for construction & A-E services

1.290(b)(6)

USD(A&T)DP

37.104-90-1

Determination to acquire personal services

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

DOCUMENT FORWARDING AND APPROVAL MATRIX (CONTINUED)

237.171-1(a)

Waiver of cost allowability limitation on severance payments to foreign nationals

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

237.203(d)(iii)

Authorization of personal services for contract field services

1.290(b)(6)

ASA(RDA)

39.7402(b)(4)

Authorization to provide government facilities

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

241.004-2(a)(iii)(B)

Approval to use a termination liability ILO a connection charge

1.290(b)(14)

Chief of Engineers

241.004-2(a)(iii)(C)

Approval for a longer refund period or to omit the refund requirement

1.290(b)(14)

Chief of Engineers

45.302-1(a)(4)

Determination to provide facilities to a contractor

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA) or USD(A&T)/DP

45.309(a)(3)

Request for Approval of Alternate Provision

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

45.403(a)

Determination to charge rent on basis of use rather than rental period or on some other equitable basis

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

245.405(3)(ii)

Request for Waivers or Reduction of Charges for Use of Government Facilities on Work for Foreign Governments or International Organizations

1.290(b)(5)

Director , Defense Security Assistance Agency

45.608-6

Request for exception from screening requirements

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

46.770-8

Determination to waive warranty requirements for weapon systems

1.290(b)(2)

ASA(RDA)

247.571(c)(2)

Determination to waive requirement to perform reflagging or repair work in the U.S. or territories

1.290(b)(6)

SecDef

249.501-70(a)

Approval of "Special Termination Costs" clause

1.290(b)(5)

ASA(RDA)

50.403-2(b)

Memorandum of Decision to include the "Indemnification" clause

1.290(b)(2)

SecArmy

53.108

Recommendation to change, revise, eliminate or consolidate forms

1.290(b)(3)

FAR Council

SUBPART 1.3--AGENCY ACQUISITION REGULATIONS

1.301 Policy.

1.303 Publication and codification.

1.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.

SUBPART 1.4--DEVIATIONS FROM THE FAR

1.402 Policy.

1.403 Individual deviations.

1.404 Class deviations.

SUBPART 1.6--CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.601 General.

1.602 Contracting officers.

1.602-1 Authority.

1.602-1-90 Departmental review and Secretarial approval.

1.602-2 Responsibilities.

(ii) Legal counsel reviews proposed contracting actions consistent with the availability of legal counsel and the complexity of the legal issues involved, in accordance with procedures established by the HCA, and as otherwise required by law, regulation or policy.

(iii) Legal counsel shall inform the contracting officer whether the proposed action is legally sufficient, give the details of any insufficiency, and provide a recommended course of action to overcome any insufficiency. Contracting officers should take steps to overcome legal objections related to the legal sufficiency of the proposed action.

(iv) Examples of actions normally requiring legal review may include, but are not limited to:

1.602-2-90 Contracting Officer's Representative.

1.602-2-91 Appointment of ordering officers.

1.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.

(A) $100,000 or less to a PARC; and

1.602-3-90 Ratification procedures.

1.603 Selection, appointment, and termination of appointment.

1.603-1 General.

1.603-1-90 Other individuals authorized to make purchases.

1.603-2 Selection.

1.690 Procurement management reviews.

HQDA will conduct procurement management reviews (PMRs) in accordance with AR 715-11. HCAs should conduct PMRs of their contracting offices and conduct follow-up reviews to ensure satisfactory resolution of all PMR recommendations.

1.690-1 Management Control Evaluation Checklist.

Appendix DD, Management Control Evaluation Checklist, is provided to assist managers at all levels in evaluating compliance with key management controls.

SUBPART 1.7--DETERMINATIONS AND FINDINGS

1.707 Signatory authority.

Each request for a Secretarial determination shall be forwarded by letter of transmittal, signed by the contracting officer, and endorsed by the HCA. See Figure 53.9003 for a sample D&F.

SUBPART 1.90--NONAPPROPRIATED FUNDS

1.9001 Policy.

1.9002 Contracting authority.

Appropriated fund contracting officers may also be designated by separate warrant as nonappropriated fund contracting officers.

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