EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-54

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 establishes payment rules; contracting and audit officials apply them

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-54 · Research financial assistance

Reimburse contractor independent R&D through allowable contract costs

Treat qualifying independent research and development as allowable indirect expense under defense contracts while preserving statutory contractor independence in technology selection.

What this is not / limit: Not a stand-alone R&D grant, reimbursement entitlement for every expense, or authority to direct all private research.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense establishes payment rules; contracting and audit officials apply them

Eligibility gate

  • Costs genuinely constitute independent R&D and must be reported separately from other allowable indirect costs.
  • Contract pricing, allocation and allowability rules remain applicable.

Funding condition

  • Recovery through applicable defense-contract indirect costs, not a new appropriation or loan.

All recorded limits

  • Not a stand-alone R&D grant, reimbursement entitlement for every expense, or authority to direct all private research.
  • Contractor independence protected where statutory chief-executive determination concerning future defense needs is satisfied.
Contracts & purchasesFunds & shared services
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.