# AFFARS PART 5318 Emergency Acquisitions

- PART 5318
  Emergency Acquisitions

- SUBPART 5318.1 — AVAILABLE ACQUISITIONFLEXIBILITIES

- 5318.104 Unusual and Compelling Urgency

- SUBPART 5318.2 — EMERGENCY ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES

- 5318.201 Contingency Operations
- 5318.203 Incidents of National Significance, Emergency Declaration, or Major Disaster Declaration

PART 5318
Emergency Acquisitions

[Revised February 14, 2011]

SUBPART 5318.1 — AVAILABLE ACQUISITIONFLEXIBILITIES

5318.104 Unusual and Compelling Urgency

The Life Cycle Management Plan (LCMP)/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.

SUBPART 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 to the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) 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).

(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.