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ACQ-37 / Acquisition, transition and contract finance

Create task/delivery-order contracts and place repeat orders

Establish single- or multiple-award contracts for recurring property/services and place orders without a new full standalone procurement each time.

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At a glance

Possible toolACQ-37 · Contracts & purchases
Legal basis10 U.S.C. §3403

Authority holder: Head of agency and authorized contracting officers

Contracts & purchases

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Solicitation describes period, maximum quantity/value and work scope.
  • Fair opportunity among multiple-award holders unless statutory order exception applies.

Limits & exclusions

  • Orders cannot themselves increase parent contract scope, term or ceiling.
  • Generally initial period up to 5 years and total up to 10 years; longer requires exceptional-circumstances finding; advisory/assistance services have distinct §3405 rules.

Funding conditions

  • Fund minimum commitments and individual orders lawfully; IDIQ ceiling is neither appropriation nor guaranteed spending.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Operational requirement owner; Service/component portfolio acquisition executive and program manager

Resources

  • Sponsoring Service/component appropriations manager and comptroller

Approval

  • Service/component acquisition executive and authorized contracting authority, at applicable threshold

Execution

Partners & review

  • User command
  • Counsel, fiscal, engineering, testing, logistics and security staff as applicable

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Program aggregates requirement → contracting office competes vehicle → budget owner funds orders → contracting officer applies fair opportunity.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

  • 10 U.S.C. §3403Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.
  • 10 U.S.C. §3405Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.
  • 10 U.S.C. §3406Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High on express authority and cited conditions; execution assignment is illustrative unless statute expressly names it.

Currentness: GovInfo 2024 Code (includes FY2025 NDAA, P.L. 118-159) read in full for cited provision; targeted FY2026 NDAA P.L. 119-60 amendment/repeal sweep. No claim of complete legislative currency through 2026-10-02; remaining 2026 delta needs counsel validation.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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