subpart
208.70--coordinated acquisition
(Revised October 30, 2023)
208.7000 Scope of subpart.
208.7001 Definitions.
208.7002 Assignment authority.
208.7002-1 Acquiring department
responsibilities.
208.7002-2 Requiring department
responsibilities.
208.7003 Applicability.
208.7003-1 Assignments under
integrated materiel management (IMM).
208.7003-2 Assignments under
coordinated acquisition.
208.7004 Procedures.
208.7005 Military
interdepartmental purchase requests.
208.7006 Coordinated acquisition
assignments.
208.7000 Scope of subpart.
This subpart prescribes policy and procedures for acquisition of items for which contracting responsibility is assigned to one or more of the departments/agencies or the General Services Administration. Contracting responsibility is assigned through—
(a) The Coordinated Acquisition Program (commodity assignments are listed in PGI 208.7006 (DFARS/PGI view); or
(b) The Integrated Materiel Management Program (assignments are in DoD 4140.26-M, Defense Integrated Materiel Management Manual for Consumable Items).
208.7001 Definitions.
For purposes of this subpart—
“Acquiring department” means the department, agency, or General Services Administration which has contracting responsibility under the Coordinated Acquisition Program.
“Integrated materiel management” means assignment of acquisition management responsibility to one department, agency, or the General Service Administration for all of DoD's requirements for the assigned item. Acquisition management normally includes computing requirements, funding, budgeting, storing, issuing, cataloging, standardizing, and contracting functions.
“Requiring department” means the department or agency which has the requirement for an item.
208.7002 Assignment authority.
(a) Under the DoD Coordinated Acquisition Program, contracting responsibility for certain commodities is assigned to a single department, agency, or the General Services Administration (GSA). Commodity assignments are made—
(1) To the departments and agencies, by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics);
(2) To GSA, through agreement with GSA, by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics);
(3) Outside the
contiguous
(4) For acquisitions to be made in the contiguous United States for commodities not assigned under paragraphs (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, by agreement of agency heads (10 U.S.C. 3065).
(i) Agreement may be on either a one-time or a continuing basis. The submission of a military interdepartmental purchase request (MIPR) by a requiring activity and its acceptance by the contracting activity of another department, even though based on an oral communication, constitutes a one-time agreement.
(ii) Consider repetitive delegated acquisition responsibilities for coordinated acquisition assignment. If not considered suitable for coordinated acquisition assignment, formalize continuing agreements and distribute them to all activities concerned.
(b) Under the Integrated Materiel Management Program, assignments are made by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics)—
(1) To the departments and agencies; and
(2) To GSA, through agreement with GSA.
208.7002-1 Acquiring department
responsibilities.
See PGI 208.7002-1 (DFARS/PGI view) for the acquiring department’s responsibilities.
208.7002-2 Requiring department
responsibilities.
See PGI 208.7002-2 (DFARS/PGI view) for the requiring department’s responsibilities.
208.7003 Applicability.
208.7003-1 Assignments under
integrated materiel management (IMM).
(a) Acquire all items assigned for IMM from the IMM manager except—
(1) Items purchased under circumstances of unusual and compelling urgency as defined in FAR 6.302-2. After such a purchase is made, the requiring activity must send one copy of the contract and a statement of the emergency to the IMM manager;
(2) Items for which the IMM manager assigns a supply system code for local purchase or otherwise grants authority to purchase locally; or
(3) When purchase by the requiring activity is in the best interest of the Government in terms of the combination of quality, timeliness, and cost that best meets the requirement. This exception does not apply to items—
(i) Critical to the safe operation of a weapon system;
(ii) With special security characteristics; or
(iii) Which are dangerous (e.g., explosives, munitions).
(b) Follow the procedures at PGI 208.7003-1(b) (DFARS/PGI view) when an item assigned for IMM is to be acquired by the requiring department in accordance with paragraph (a)(3) of this subsection.
208.7003-2 Assignments under
coordinated acquisition.
Requiring departments must submit to the acquiring department all contracting requirements for items assigned for coordinated acquisition, except—
(a) Items obtained through the sources in FAR 8.002(a)(1)(i) through (vii);
(b) Items obtained under 208.7003-1(a);
(c) Requirements not in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold in FAR Part 2, when contracting by the requiring department is in the best interest of the Government;
(d) In an emergency. When an emergency purchase is made, the requiring department must send one copy of the contract and a statement of the emergency to the contracting activity of the acquiring department;
(e) Requirements for which the acquiring department's contracting activity delegates contracting authority to the requiring department;
(f) Items in a research and development stage (as described in FAR Part 35). Under this exception, the military departments may contract for research and development requirements, including quantities for testing purposes and items undergoing in-service evaluation (not yet in actual production, but beyond prototype). Generally, this exception applies only when research and development funds are used.
(g) Items peculiar to nuclear ordnance material where design characteristics or test-inspection requirements are controlled by the Department of Energy (DoE) or by DoD to ensure reliability of nuclear weapons.
(1) This exception applies to all items designed for and peculiar to nuclear ordnance regardless of agency control, or to any item which requires test or inspection conducted or controlled by DoE or DoD.
(2) This exception does not cover items used for both nuclear ordnance and other purposes if the items are not subject to the special testing procedures.
(h) Items to be acquired under FAR 6.302-6 (national security requires limitation of sources);
(i) Items to be acquired under FAR 6.302-1 (supplies available only from the original source for follow-on contract);
(j) Items directly related to a major system and which are design controlled by and acquired from either the system manufacturer or a manufacturer of a major subsystem;
(k) Items subject to rapid design changes, or to continuous redesign or modification during the production and/or operational use phases, which require continual contact between industry and the requiring department to ensure that the item meets the requirements:
(1) This exception permits the requiring department to contract for items of highly unstable design. For use of this exception, it must be clearly impractical, both technically and contractually, to refer the acquisition to the acquiring department. Anticipation that contracting by negotiation will be appropriate, or that a number of design changes may occur during contract performance is not in itself sufficient reason for using this exception.
(2) This exception also applies to items requiring compatibility testing, provided such testing requires continual contact between industry and the requiring department;
(l) Containers acquired only with items for which they are designed;
(m) One-time buy of a noncataloged item.
(1) This exception permits the requiring departments to contract for a nonrecurring requirement for a noncataloged item. This exception could cover a part or component for a prototype which may be stock numbered at a later date.
(2) This exception does not permit acquisitions of recurring requirements for an item, based solely on the fact that the item is not stock numbered, nor may it be used to acquire items which have only slightly different characteristics than previously cataloged items.
208.7004 Procedures.
Follow the procedures at PGI 208.7004 (DFARS/PGI view) for processing coordinated acquisition requirements.
208.7005 Military
interdepartmental purchase requests.
Follow the procedures at—
(a) PGI 253.208-1 (DFARS/PGI view) when using DD Form 448, Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request; and
(b) PGI 253.208-2 (DFARS/PGI view) when using DD Form 448-2, Acceptance of MIPR.
208.7006 Coordinated acquisition
assignments.
See PGI 208.7006 (DFARS/PGI view) for coordinated acquisition assignments.