EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-18

Warranted contracting officer and program manager

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Federal acquiring agency; DoD contracting/award officials and acquisition customers

Executing office · routing lead

Warranted contracting officer and program manager

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

Intake

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.

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: Warranted contracting officer and program manager. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-18 · Transition & scaling

Purchase SBIR/STTR-derived technology through Phase III awards

Make follow-on awards, including qualifying sole-source awards, for development, testing, production or services derived from prior SBIR/STTR work using non-SBIR/STTR funding.

What this is not / limit: Phase III is not funded from Phase I/II set-aside; not a blanket sole-source award for unrelated offerings.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

Federal acquiring agency; DoD contracting/award officials and acquisition customers

Eligibility gate

  • Demonstrable connection to SBIR/STTR-funded technology and award recipient.
  • Prior program competition and Phase III statutory rules; assess ownership/data rights and commercialization readiness.

Funding condition

  • Acquisition customer supplies appropriate non-SBIR/STTR funds; no separate Phase III funding entitlement.

All recorded limits

  • Phase III is not funded from Phase I/II set-aside; not a blanket sole-source award for unrelated offerings.
  • Statutory preference is to greatest extent practicable, with reporting/appeal safeguards.
Contracts & purchases
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
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Actor sources & routing basis

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