EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-40

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

Secretary of Defense and military-department Secretaries

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-40 · Commercial acquisition

Acquire commercial solutions through general solicitations and follow-on awards

Competitively select commercial products, services or nondevelopmental items via general solicitation with peer, technical or operational review and use authorized follow-on production routes.

What this is not / limit: §3458 CSO authority is distinct from DIU’s CSO solicitation technique used with §4022 OTs; do not merge requirements.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense and military-department Secretaries

Eligibility gate

  • General solicitation and appropriate review; fixed-price including fixed-price incentive awards.
  • Follow-on sole-source contract requires §3204(e) approvals; alternative §4022-defined production contract/transaction route must be legally analyzed.

Funding condition

  • Properly available acquisition funds; commercial treatment does not independently relax fiscal law.

All recorded limits

  • §3458 CSO authority is distinct from DIU’s CSO solicitation technique used with §4022 OTs; do not merge requirements.
  • Awards above $100m require congressional notification within 45 days.
Other statutory tools
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.