EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-38

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

Head of agency; Secretary of Defense and Congress for specified authorizations/certifications

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-38 · Procurement & demand commitments

Commit to multiyear equipment purchases and economic-order quantities

Contract across program years to stabilize demand and permit economic production and advance component buys, subject to findings and legislative controls.

What this is not / limit: FY26 removed the word significant from the savings test; it did not abolish remaining findings.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

Head of agency; Secretary of Defense and Congress for specified authorizations/certifications

Eligibility gate

  • Find savings or otherwise-unachievable industrial-base stability; stable need/design, realistic costs and funding expectations, and national-security benefit.
  • Large contracts and specified programs require statutory authorization, certification and notice.

Funding condition

  • Available first-year funds; out-year continuation subject to appropriations; cancellation exposure must be assessed and funded through lawful sources.

All recorded limits

  • FY26 removed the word significant from the savings test; it did not abolish remaining findings.
  • Ordinary statutory term and cancellation rules remain, with product-specific exceptions such as FY26 §804.
  • No guarantee Congress will appropriate future-year money.
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.