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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">217.770</ph> Procedures.</title>
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         <p class="- topic/p ">Departments and agencies shall establish and maintain procedures for reviewing and approving orders placed for supplies and services under non-DoD contracts, whether through direct acquisition or assisted acquisition, when the amount of the order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold.  These procedures shall include—</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)  Evaluating whether using a non-DoD contract for the acquisition is in the best interest of DoD.  Factors to be considered include—</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1)  Satisfying customer requirements;</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2)  Schedule;</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3)  Cost effectiveness (taking into account discounts and fees).  In order to ensure awareness of the total cost of fees associated with use of a non-DoD contract, follow the procedures at PGI 
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            (a)(3); and</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(4)  Contract administration (including oversight);</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b)  Determining that the tasks to be accomplished or supplies to be provided are within the scope of the contract to be used;</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c)  Reviewing funding to ensure that it is used in accordance with appropriation limitations; and</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(d)  Collecting and reporting data on the use of assisted acquisition for analysis.  Follow the reporting requirements in subpart 204.6.</p>
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