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DLAD PART 1 – FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM



PART 1 – FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUBPART 1.1 – PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, ISSUANCE

1.101 Purpose.

1.104 Applicability.

1.105 Issuance.

1.105-1 Publication and code arrangement.

1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.

1.105-3 Copies.

1.108 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) conventions.

1.170 Peer reviews.

SUBPART 1.2 – ADMINISTRATION

1.201-90 Maintenance of the Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive (DLAD).

1.201-91 Amendment of regulations.

1.201-92 DLAD changes.

1.201-93 Dissemination and effective date of the regulation.

SUBPART 1.3 – AGENCY ACQUISITION REGULATIONS

1.301 Policy.

1.301-90 Procurement letters (PROCLTRs).

1.301-91 Contracting office clauses.

1.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.

1.390 [Reserved.]

SUBPART 1.4 – DEVIATIONS FROM THE FAR

1.403 Individual deviations.

1.404 Class deviations.

1.490 Submission of requests for deviations.

1.491 Control of deviations.

1.492 Streamlined solicitation for DLA Energy contracts (Deviation).

SUBPART 1.5 – AGENCY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

1.501 Solicitation of agency and public views.

1.501-2 Opportunity for public comments.

1.590 Changes in contracting processes, techniques, or methods.

SUBPART 1.6 –CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.601 General.

1.601-90 Critical acquisition responsibilities.

1.601-91 Contract quality management plan.

1.602 Contracting officers.

1.602-1 Authority.

1.602-2 Responsibilities.

1.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.

1.602-90 Nonappropriated funds.

1.603 Selection, appointment, and termination of appointment.

1.603-1 General.

1.603-2 Selection.

1.603-3 Appointment.

1.603-90 Ordering officers.

1.603-91 Micro-purchase contracting authority.

1.603-92 Contracting officer review program.

1.603-93 Selection, appointment, and termination of appointment.

1.690 Clearance and oversight.

1.690-1 General.

1.690-2 Policy.

1.690-3 Establishment of clearance approval authority.

1.690-4 High-visibility (Hi-Viz) acquisitions.

1.690-5 Special interest acquisitions.

1.690-6 Acquisition review.

1.690-7 Acquisition strategy review panel (ASRP) and integrated acquisition review board (IARB).

1.691 Legal review.

1.692 Confirmation of quantity and technical requirements.

SUBPART 1.7 – DETERMINATIONS AND FINDINGS

1.703 Class determinations and findings.

1.704 Content.

SUBPART 1.9 – ADMINISTRATION OF DLAD

1.900 Administration and explanation.

101.1 SUBPART 1.1 – PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, ISSUANCE

(Revised September 15, 2011 through PROCLTR 2011-44)

1.101 Purpose.

The Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive (DLAD) is issued by the Director, DLA Acquisition (J7), by authority of the Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). It implements and supplements the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), the DFARS Procedures, Guidance and Information (PGI) and other Department of Defense publications and, pursuant to FAR 1.304, establishes DLA procedures relating to the acquisition of supplies and services under the authority of Chapter 137, Title 10 of the United States Code, or other statutory authority. The DLAD is not a stand-alone document and shall be read in conjunction with the FAR, DFARS, DFARS PGI, and the DLA Issuances.

1.104 Applicability.

This directive is applicable to the contracting function at all DLA activities.

1.105 Issuance.

1.105-1 (Reserved.)

1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations.

1.105-3 Copies.

1.105-90 The DLAD and its companion resource, DLAD Procedures, Guidance and Information (PGI), are available on the Internet directly from the public DLA Acquisition Website at http://www.dla.mil/Acquisition.

1.108 FAR conventions.

1.170 Peer reviews.

101.2 SUBPART 1.2 – ADMINISTRATION

1.201-90 Maintenance of the DLAD.

1.201-91 Amendment of regulations.

Recommendations for amending the FAR or the DFARS shall be submitted to DLA HQ, attention: J71. Submittals shall be in the form of a memorandum (without signature block) to the Director, DAR Council and be formatted in accordance with the DAR case guidance provided at 90.7. Recommendations for amending the DLAD shall be submitted in the form of a letter signed by the chief of the contracting office and be in the format of I. Problem; II. Recommendation; and III. Discussion.

1.201-92 DLAD changes.

Numbered changes are issued periodically by the Director, DLA Acquisition (J7), to revise and update the DLAD.

1.201-93 Dissemination and effective date of the regulation (including appendices, revisions, supplements, and manuals).

101.3 SUBPART 1.3 – AGENCY ACQUISITION REGULATIONS

(Revised September 27, 2011 through PROCLTR 2011-45)

1.301 Policy.

1.301-90 Procurement letters (PROCLTRs).

PROCLTRs are numbered and issued by DLA Acquisition (J7) to provide agency-specific information and procedural guidance to DLA contracting personnel, to emphasize existing policy, to transmit new or changed policy promulgated by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) or other higher authority, or to make editorial or administrative revisions. PROCLTRs shall expire upon incorporation into the DLAD. PROCLTRs can be accessed and downloaded, by year, from the internet via the common access card (CAC) – enabled DLA Acquisition (J7) section of EWorkplace. See PGI 1.301-90 for procedural guidance on preparation, review coordinations, and issuance of PROCLTRs.

1.301-91 Contracting office guidance.

1.301-92 Contracting office provisions and clauses.

The authority and procedural requirements addressed in (a) through (d) of this paragraph do not apply to either the development or use of a new economic price adjustment (EPA) clause or a revision to an existing EPA clause, which require DLA HQ approval in accordance with 16.203-3(93):

1.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.

1.390 [Reserved.]

101.4 SUBPART 1.4 – DEVIATIONS FROM THE FAR

1.403 Individual deviations.

1.404 Class deviations.

1.490 Submission of requests for deviations.

1.491 Control of deviations.

A register shall be maintained by J71 of the deviations granted to the FAR, DFARS, and DLAD. Each deviation shall be recorded in the register and shall be assigned a control number (i.e., FARS DEV (FAR system deviation) YY-##)). The control number shall be included in the document authorizing the deviation and shall be cited in all references to the deviation.

1.492 Streamlined solicitation for DLA Energy contracts (Deviation).

DLA Energy is authorized to either eliminate or modify various clauses and provisions in buying petroleum, petroleum-related services, and coal. FAR and DFARS clauses/provisions eliminated or modified and DLA Energy clauses which have been modified are listed at 90.13.

1.493 [Reserved]

101.5 SUBPART 1.5 – AGENCY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

1.501 Solicitation of agency and public views.

1.501-2 Opportunity for public comments.

1.590 Changes in contracting processes, techniques, or methods.

101.6 SUBPART 1.6 –CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(Revised September 19, 2012 through PROCLTR 2012-49)

1.601 General.

Authority conferred upon the heads of contracting activities (HCA) or the chief of the contracting office (CCO) under any paragraph of the DLAD may be delegated with power of redelegation to other officials, except when specifically limited by law or the provisions of the pertinent DLAD paragraph. The CCO will maintain a list of all delegations and promptly notify DLA HQ, attention: J71, of any changes. Commanders or Directors may serve as the acting supply chain HCA when the supply chain HCA is unavailable. Deputy Commanders or Directors may also serve as the acting supply chain HCA when the Commander or Director and supply chain HCA are both unavailable, by signing as “Acting Commander/Director”. Supply chain HCAs exist in DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support, DLA Aviation, and DLA Energy.

1.601-90 Critical acquisition responsibilities.

1.601-91 Contract quality management plan.

1.602 Contracting officers.

1.602-1 Authority.

(b) Sample format for listing of contracting officers:

Name

Grade

Date of Current Warrant

Dollar Level

Candidate Selection

Meets Criteria

Interim Appointment

         

(Yes or No)

(Yes or No)

1.602-2 Responsibilities.

1.602-2-90 Selection, appointment, evaluation, and termination of appointment of contracting officers' representatives (CORs).

1.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments and quantum meruit actions.

1.602-90 Nonappropriated funds.

Appropriated fund contracting officers may act in an advisory capacity on nonappropriated fund contractual instruments. Appropriated fund contracting officers, however, shall not perform the duties of a contracting officer on any contractual instrument obligating only nonappropriated funds except when required by AR 215-4, Nonappropriated Fund Contracting. Contracting officers shall be separately warranted for contracting with nonappropriated funds.

1.603 Selection, appointment, and termination of appointment.

1.603-1 General.

The authority in FAR 1.603-1 for selection, appointment, and termination of appointment of contracting officers has been delegated by the Director, DLA to the DLA Heads of Contracting Activities (HCAs). For the activities not designated as contracting activities (see 2.101), the Director, DLA Acquisition (J7), as HCA, has delegated this authority, to the Directors of those activities. This authority is delegable, without power of redelegation to the CCO. For the DLA Contracting Services Office and DLA Strategic Materials, the delegation is to the CCO without power of redelegation.

1.603-2 Selection.