EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-05

Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative

This is a record-specific route, not an additional institutional directory node. Current assignment must be verified.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Head of the procuring agency

Executing office · routing lead

Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative

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 recordedApplicable acquisition appropriations; no separate fund created. 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.

Selected instrument

USC-05 · Competitive supply-base shaping

Exclude a source from a competition to establish or sustain alternative supply

Conduct a competition while excluding a particular source when an individualized finding supports alternate supply, defense mobilization, essential nonprofit or FFRDC research capability, reliable supply, projected demand, or critical medical, safety, or emergency needs.

What this is not / limit: This is not sole-source contracting or a blanket exclusion power; §3204(e)(1) justification-and-approval requirements are inapplicable only as stated in §3203(c).

Executing role: Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative

Authority holder

Head of the procuring agency

Eligibility gate

  • Make one of the specific determinations in §3203(a)(1); the determination may not cover a class of purchases or contracts.
  • Use competitive procedures among the remaining eligible sources.

Funding condition

  • Applicable acquisition appropriations; no separate fund created.

All recorded limits

  • This is not sole-source contracting or a blanket exclusion power; §3204(e)(1) justification-and-approval requirements are inapplicable only as stated in §3203(c).
Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.