EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-52

Contracting officer and claims/insurance officials

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

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of the military department concerned approves; Secretary/designated official certifies payment

Executing office · routing lead

Contracting officer and claims/insurance officials

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: Contracting officer and claims/insurance officials. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-52 · Contract relief & risk allocation

Indemnify unusually hazardous research/development work

Military-department R&D contracts may promise U.S. indemnification for defined unusually hazardous direct-performance third-party claims and contractor-property loss not otherwise insured/compensated.

What this is not / limit: Not blanket indemnity for any contractor business loss or retroactive unstated promise.

Executing role: Contracting officer and claims/insurance officials

Authority holder

Secretary of the military department concerned approves; Secretary/designated official certifies payment

Eligibility gate

  • Risk defined as unusually hazardous in contract; direct performance connection and uncovered loss.
  • Required notice of claims/suits and U.S. option to control/assist defense.

Funding condition

  • Payments may use obligated contract funds, unobligated R&D funds or appropriations for payments, with Secretary approval.

All recorded limits

  • Not blanket indemnity for any contractor business loss or retroactive unstated promise.
  • R&D statutory pathway is distinct from 50 U.S.C. §1431 Presidential emergency relief.
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.