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Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-43

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

USD(A&S) establishes pathways; Service acquisition executives/authorized decision authorities execute

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-43 · Rapid acquisition

Use middle-tier rapid prototyping and fielding pathways

Run streamlined 2–5 year rapid-prototyping or rapid-fielding programs with coordinated requirements, resources and acquisition decisions.

What this is not / limit: A pathway is not its own contract instrument, appropriation or general statutory waiver.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

USD(A&S) establishes pathways; Service acquisition executives/authorized decision authorities execute

Eligibility gate

  • Prototype aims at operational demonstration/residual capability within 5 years; fielding aims at production in 6 months and fielding in 5 years.
  • Merit consideration, acquisition/funding strategy, test and transition plan.

Funding condition

  • Funded program plan and valid instrument; streamlined process does not create money.

All recorded limits

  • A pathway is not its own contract instrument, appropriation or general statutory waiver.
  • Regulatory waivers differ from statutory changes; statute directs seeking Congress for statutory waiver.
Other statutory tools
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.