Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.
The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.
What this role does not control
A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.
Special procurement treatment applies only within quantities needed for experimentation, prototyping, evaluation, operational assessment/safety or residual operational capability.
Not unlimited serial-production authority.
Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: DARPA Contracts Management Office or Service contracting/grants/agreements office; Performing laboratory or external research performer. Use the responsible program’s process.
Purchase or modify purchases, domestically or abroad, of experimental/test demonstrations, prototypes, products, supplies, parts, auxiliary services and design for defense development.
What this is not / limit: Not unlimited serial-production authority.
Executing role: DARPA Contracts Management Office or Service contracting/grants/agreements office; Performing laboratory or external research performer
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense and military-department Secretaries
Eligibility gate
Secretary considers purchase necessary for experimental or test purposes in developing national-defense supplies.
Funding condition
Appropriation matching experiment/prototype purpose; statutory flexibility does not waive appropriations law.
All recorded limits
Special procurement treatment applies only within quantities needed for experimentation, prototyping, evaluation, operational assessment/safety or residual operational capability.