5337.170-2 Approval Requirements
(a)(1) The Services Designated Official (SDO) (see DAFI 63-138, Acquisition of Services) will approve acquisitions of services to be purchased through a contract or task order above the SAT that is not performance based.
(i) If more than 50 percent of the requirement (contract or task order), measured in dollars, is performance-based, the requirement can be considered a performance-based service acquisition.
(ii) Purchase requests for services acquisitions that are not performance based will include the following statement:
“IAW 10 USC 4501 the Services Designated Official (SDO) has approved the attached Performance Work Statement and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan ensuring requirements are performance based to the maximum extent practicable.”