Part 5349 - Termination of Contracts

(b) The SCO or command-appointed termination contracting officer (TCO) must approve a termination for default or cause prior to a contracting officer taking the action. When requesting approval, the contracting officer must provide all relevant documents to include a chronology of key events, cure/show cause notices and responses thereto.

See the tailorable Termination Authority template.

(f) Prior to making a final decision concerning termination for default, the contracting officer must forward the termination notice and the complete contract file to AF/JACQ with a copy of the termination notice to SAF/GCR and follow the procedures in 5333.291 Appeals to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) .

(c) The contracting officer must provide copies of assessments of excess reprocurement costs through the SCO to AF/JACQ .

(a) See MP5301.601-90 Head of Agency (HoA), Senior Procurement Executive (SPE), Service Acquisition Executive (SAE) Delegation Matrix. Submit requests through the SCO to SAF/AQC for approval.

(c) The contracting officer must forward a request for SAF/FM approval through their SCO and SAF/AQC prior to authorizing any increase in the Government's maximum liability under the clause. SAF/AQC will forward the request to SAF/FM .

The contracting officer must submit the proposed Congressional notification through the SCO to SAF/AQC at least five workdays before the proposed termination date. The SAF/AQC action officer will forward the information to SAF/LLP. The contracting officer must not release the termination notice until Congress has been notified (see MP5349 Termination of Contracts ).

(b)(2)(i) The contracting officer must submit the draft notification through the SCO to SAF/AQC as soon as the proposed termination/reduction is known. SAF/AQC will forward the notification to SAF/AQ for signature (see MP5349 Termination of Contracts ).