# Part 5318 - Emergency Acquisitions

AFFARS PART 5318 Knowledge Center

2019 Edition

Revised: 2 May 2022

5318.000 Scope of Part

5318.001 Definition

Subpart 5318.1 - AVAILABLE ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES

5318.125 Protest to GAO

Subpart 5318.2 - EMERGENCY ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES

5318.201 Contingency Operation

5318.202 Defense or Recovery from Certain Attacks

5318.270 Head of Contracting Activity Determinations

## 5318.000 Scope of Part

## 5318.001 Definition

A Contingency Contracting Officer (CCO) is a person with contracting authority to enter into, administer, and terminate contracts on behalf of the Government in support of a local contingency, steady-state deployments, or other contingency operations. The CCO also acts as the primary business advisor to the deployed/incident commander or the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) director.

## Subpart 5318.1 - AVAILABLE ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES

### 5318.125 Protest to GAO

See MP5301.601 (a)(i) Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) Matrix and 5333.104 Protests to GAO .

## Subpart 5318.2 - EMERGENCY ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES

### 5318.201 Contingency Operation

(b) Micro-purchase threshold. For delegation of HCA responsibility regarding micro-purchases of supplies or services to be used in support of a contingency operation, see MP5301.601 (a)(i) Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) Matrix.

(c) Simplified acquisition threshold. For delegation of HCA responsibility regarding an increase in simplified acquisition threshold, see MP5301.601 (a)(i) Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) Matrix.

(1) Selection, appointment, and termination of appointment. Requirements for the selection, appointment and termination of CCOs are described in 5301.603-2-90 Selection.

(S-90) For Air Force Contingency readiness policies, responsibilities, and implementing procedures, see AFI 64-105 , Contingency Contracting Support .

(S-91) Assign and maintain DoD Activity Address Codes (DoDAAC) for deployed forces within the area of responsibility, as required. See AFFARS 5304.7003-90.

(2) See MP5301.601 (a)(i) Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) Matrix.

### 5318.202 Defense or Recovery from Certain Attacks

See MP5301.601 (a)(i) Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) Matrix.

### 5318.270 Head of Contracting Activity Determinations

See .

(S-90) HQ AFICC is the HCA designee for all delegable HCA responsibilities during contingency operations when determined by the HCA and may become the Joint Theater Support Contracting Command (JTSCC) or Joint Task Force Contracting commanding general if designated in the Combatant Commander?s (CCDR) plan IAW AFI 64-105. HCA authorities already delegated to a Senior Contracting Officer or a lower level in MP5301.601 (a)(i) Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) Matrix will remain in effect and do not need to be re-delegated.