AFARS -- Part 8
Required Sources of Supplies and Services
June 1, 1996
Subpart 8.70 -- Coordinated Acquisition
8.7002 -- Assignment Authority.
(a)
(1) The Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, shall assign procurement responsibility for commodities assigned to the Army under DFARS Appendix B.
Subpart 8.90 -- Acquisition of Distinctive Unit Insignia
(a) Acquire distinctive unit insignia from manufacturers certified in accordance with AR 672-8. A list of certified manufacturers is available from the Director, the Institute of Heraldry, Attn: TAPC-PDH, Bldg 1466, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5579. Refer potential sources of supply interested in becoming certified manufacturers to that address.
(b) Offshore acquisition of distinctive unit insignia from other than AAFES is prohibited.
(c) Stock numbers are not assigned to distinctive unit insignia. Purchases shall be made using unit designation only.
(d) Solicitations for distinctive unit insignia shall include a statement that dies and samples are available upon request from the addressee in (a).
(e) Contracts for distinctive unit insignia shall require that the insignia bear the hallmark issued by the addressee in (a).