EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-53

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; authorized contracting/risk officials

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-53 · Contract relief & risk allocation

Assume classified-contract work-in-process risk that cannot be commercially insured

DoD must not require contractors to bear specified work-in-process loss when classification prevents obtaining insurance or processing a claim under covered fixed-price product contracts.

What this is not / limit: Does not cover managerial willful misconduct/lack of good faith or contractor workmanship error.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; authorized contracting/risk officials

Eligibility gate

  • Classified fixed-price product contract entered after 2025-12-18.
  • Classification causes unavailable commercial insurance or inability to process claim.

Funding condition

  • Allocate risk expressly in eligible contract and review contingent exposure; statute does not itself provide an appropriation.

All recorded limits

  • Does not cover managerial willful misconduct/lack of good faith or contractor workmanship error.
  • Protection applies to work in process before government delivery/acceptance, not every corporate loss.
Contracts & purchasesSecurity & information
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.