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.
Borrowing a part does not itself convey third-party intellectual-property rights or guarantee a later award.
P.L. 119-60 §812(a)(6) removed the former cost-savings-amortization finding: do not carry that repealed prerequisite into the current route.
Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedLawfully available source-development and procurement funds; no tested company eligibility, current program funding, or accepted qualification verified. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.
Give domestic businesses access to government replenishment parts for design replication or modification in preparing future offers, and use the separately conditioned qualification-testing route to develop additional small-business sources.
What this is not / limit: Borrowing a part does not itself convey third-party intellectual-property rights or guarantee a later award.
Executing role: Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense for replenishment-part programs; head of the procuring agency for qualification testing
Eligibility gate
Parts under §3773 support later offers for the same or like parts; national-security and inventory restrictions remain applicable.
For government-paid testing under §3243(d), fewer than two actual manufacturers or their products must be available to compete; the small business or its product must meet the specified standards and reasonably be expected to compete.
The small business must certify size status; paid testing excludes producing the item or establishing the production or quality-control system.
Amended §3243(e) separately requires an expedited, risk-based qualification process for advanced manufacturing before or during war or activation of the Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network.
Funding condition
Lawfully available source-development and procurement funds; no tested company eligibility, current program funding, or accepted qualification verified.
All recorded limits
Borrowing a part does not itself convey third-party intellectual-property rights or guarantee a later award.
P.L. 119-60 §812(a)(6) removed the former cost-savings-amortization finding: do not carry that repealed prerequisite into the current route.