# AFFARS PART 5318 Emergency Acquisitions

- PART 5318
  Emergency Acquisitions

- SUBPART 5318.1 — AVAILABLE ACQUISITIONFLEXIBILITIES

- 5318.104 Unusual and compelling urgency.
- 5318.201 Contingency Operations.
- 5318.203 Incidents of national significance, emergency declaration, or major disaster declaration.

PART 5318
Emergency Acquisitions

[Revised March 14, 2007]

SUBPART 5318.1 — AVAILABLE ACQUISITIONFLEXIBILITIES

5318.104 Unusual and compelling urgency.

The Life Cycle Management Plan (LCMP)/Single Acquisition Management Plan (SAMP)/Acquisition Plan (AP) approval authority is authorized to sign and approve the Determination and Findings (D&F) required by FAR 6.202(b)(1). See 5306.302-2.

5318.2 EMERGENCY ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES

5318.201 Contingency Operations.

(1)(a) Selection, appointment, and termination of contingency contracting officer appointment. See Appendix CC-203, Selection of contingency contracting officers, and CC-204, Appointment of contingency contracting officers. See also AFFARS Library Appendix CC - Contingency Contracting.

(1)(B) Delegation from head of the agency to Heads of Contracting Activities (HCAs) for micro-purchases and simplified acquisitions of supplies or services as used in support of a contingency operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack. See 5313.003(i) and 5301.601(a)(i)(A)-(D).

(9) Authorization Acts, Appropriation Acts, and other statutory restrictions on foreign acquisition. When the contracting officer determines, through market research, that an article or suitable substitute is not available from a domestic source the contracting officer shall submit a determination and finding (D&F). See 5325.7002-2(b), and MP5325.7002-2.

(11) For information on Air Force Contingency Contracting policies, responsibilities and implementing procedures, see the Air Force Contingency Operational Contracting Support Program (COCSP), AFFARS Library Appendix CC - Contingency Contracting.

5318.203 Incidents of national significance, emergency declaration, or major disaster declaration.

(1) Establishing or maintaining alternative sources. The Life Cycle Management Plan (LCMP)/Single Acquisition Management Plan (SAMP)/Acquisition Plan (AP) approval authority is authorized to sign and approve the Determination and Findings (D&F) required by FAR 6.202(b)(1). See 5306.202 and 5307.104-90.