EconDefense
Authority / instrument

Contracts & purchases

Choose the relevant route to acquire, lease, build, repair, dispose of or finance defense property and military housing.

1 records in this family–mechanism intersection. These editorial groups do not expand legal scope.

What this group is not: A contract or purchase tag is not general lending or equity authority; priorities, purchase commitments and financing-cost treatment remain distinct routes.

Basis: ACQ-35, ACQ-41, IND-01, IND-55

IND-37 · Facilities-as-services

Use long-term facility construction/operation service contracts

Contract for construction, management and operation of child care, utilities, supply, troop housing, transient quarters, medical and other permitted support facilities.

What this is not / limit: Annual future-funding commitment is not itself an obligation

Executing role: USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Authority holder

Secretary concerned

Eligibility gate

  • Project in budget materials and authorized by law
  • Cost effectiveness versus conventional means
  • Competitive award; 14-day congressional notice with economic analysis

Funding condition

  • Payments contingent on appropriations specifically for that year/project.

All recorded limits

  • Maximum 32 years excluding construction period
  • Depot maintenance excluded
  • Annual future-funding commitment is not itself an obligation
Contracts & purchases
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.