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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">206.304</ph> Approval of the justification.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)(4) The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) may delegate this authority to—</p>
         <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A) An Assistant Secretary of Defense; or</p>
         <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(B) For a defense agency, an officer or employee serving in, assigned, or detailed to that agency who—</p>
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            <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(1)</i>If a member of the armed forces, is serving in a rank above brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half); or</p>
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            <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(2)</i> If a civilian, is serving in a position with a grade under the General Schedule (or any other schedule for civilian officers or employees) that is comparable to or higher than the grade of major general or rear admiral.</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(S-70) For a non-competitive follow-on acquisition to a previous award for the same supply or service supported by a justification for other than full and open competition citing the authority at FAR 6.302-1, follow the procedures at PGI 
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            (a)(S-70).</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(S-71) In accordance with section 823 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub. L. 116-92), the head of the procuring activity is the approval authority for a proposed sole-source 8(a) contract exceeding $100 million. This authority may only be delegated to an officer or employee who—</p>
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