SOFARS PART 5605
PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
SUBPART 5605.1 - DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
5605.102 Availability of Solicitations.
(a)(7)
(A) When posting is required, contracting offices with the electronic capability shall post all solicitations over $10,000 on the Interactive Business Opportunity Page (I-BOP) website.
(B) When electronic dissemination of a solicitation is not practical, the Contracting Officer shall annotate the contract file with the rationale for the decision. No annotation is required for classified solicitations.
SUBPART 5605.2 - SYNOPSES OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTIONS
5605.207 Preparation and Transmittal of Synopses.
(a)
(i) Contracting offices shall utilize the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) Internet site to submit synopses to the maximum extent possible.
(ii) When release of government controlled technical data is required in a solicitation, the synopsis will include a statement for potential offerors to identify whether or not they are foreign owned, controlled, or influenced companies.
SUBPART 5605.3 - SYNOPSES OF CONTRACT AWARDS
5605.302 Preparation and Transmittal of Synopses of Awards.
A security review is required for classified contract award announcements and must be filed with the award announcement in the contract file.
5605.303 Announcement of Contract Awards
(a)(iii)
Contracting Officers shall coordinate announcements to Congress of contract awards over $5 million through the USSOCOM Legislative Affairs Office and ensure all of the appropriate Congressional members receive a copy of the notification. Suggested formats and addresses are located in the USSOCOM Desktop Contracting Guide.
5605.303-90 Announcement of Contract Awards Under $5 million.
For contracting actions from $1 million and up to $5 million, the Contracting Officer shall prepare the applicable announcement as found in the USSOCOM Desktop Contracting Guide (DCG) and forward a copy to the USSOCOM Public Affairs Office at least two days prior to the anticipated contract award announcement date. A courtesy copy of the announcement shall be provided simultaneously to the USSOCOM Legislative Affairs Office.
(i) For announcement of classified contracts from $1 million and up to $5 million, contact SOAL-KA.
(ii) Announcements for letter contracts will be forwarded to the appropriate office as required by the dollar threshold of the action at the time of issuance. Another notice will be sent after the letter contract is finalized. The USSOCOM Legislative Affairs Office must be notified of the definitization if the letter contract is converted to a definitive contract equaling $5 million or more.
(iii) The ordering agency shall be responsible for submitting the required award announcements for orders valued at $5,000,000 or more that are placed against USSOCOM Basic Ordering Agreements.
5605.303-91 Agency Requirements for Announcement of Contract Awards.
(a) If after submission of the contract award announcement it is determined that the award will not be made concurrent with public announcement, USSOCOM Public Affairs Office shall be advised immediately in advance of the scheduled release time.
(b) Exceptions to the requirements for announcement of contract awards under $5 million may be sought from USSOCOM Public Affairs Office.
The applicable contract award or modification announcement and CBD award or modification announcement will be provided to USSOCOM Public Affairs Office and the Legislative Affairs Office in accordance with the established dollar thresholds.
HQ, United States Special Operations Command January 2001
Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center (SOAL-K)
SOFARS 5605