EconDefense
ACQ-47 / Acquisition, transition and contract finance

Request enhanced rapid contracting for COCOM operational needs

A combatant commander can make written determinations to senior contracting officials for defined contingency, CBRN/cyber response, humanitarian/peacekeeping and below-armed-conflict directed operations.

Download record

At a glance

Possible toolACQ-47 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Combatant commander requests; senior contracting official exercises contracting tools

Other statutory tools

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

  • Written rationale, requested tools and attestation of available funds.
  • Applicable operation and time-sensitive/unplanned situation.

Limits & exclusions

  • Not a power for commander to sign any contract personally; contracting-official role remains.
  • Enhanced thresholds/commercial treatment are as specified in §843, not general exemption from all requirements.

Funding conditions

  • Existing attested available funds; no separate appropriation created.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Combatant commander and operational staff

Resources

  • Command/supporting component certifying funds

Approval

  • Combatant commander determination; senior contracting official award authority

Execution

  • Supporting joint/Service contracting activity

Partners & review

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

Coordination pathway

COCOM need → written commander determination and fund certification → senior contracting official → rapid award → Joint Staff/USD(A&S) reporting.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

  • P.L. 118-31, §843Uncodified 10 U.S.C. §3601 note; full enacted text reproduced in audited GovInfo 2024chapter 253.

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. Express sunset 2028-09-30.

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

Related tools in this family