NFS subpart 1804.73

SUBPART 1804.73

PROCUREMENT REQUESTS

1804.7301 General.

(a) Procurement requests shall be prepared and submitted to the contracting office in accordance with installation instructions.

(b) Except in unusual circumstances, the contracting office shall not issue solicitations until an approved procurement request, containing a certification that funds are available, has been received. However, the contracting office may take all necessary actions up to the point of contract obligation before receipt of the approved procurement request certifying that funds are available when --

(1) Such action is necessary to meet critical program schedules;

(2) It has been established that program authority has been issued and funds to cover the procurement will be available prior to the date set for contract award or contract modification; and

(3) The procurement officer authorizes such action in writing before solicitation issuance.

(c) The procurement request shall be assigned within the contracting office to a negotiator who will be responsible to the contracting officer for conducting the business aspects of the transaction. The negotiator shall review the request to ensure that it complies with the FAR, this regulation, and applicable installation instructions and that the information in the request is sufficient to prepare the solicitation. Uncertain requirements or inconsistencies in the procurement request will be discussed with the initiator of the request and resolved prior to initiating procurement action.