PART 17 –– SPECIAL CONTRACTING

METHODS

 17.000 Definitions.

 SUBPART 17.1 –– MULTI–YEAR CONTRACTS

 17.104 General.

 17.106 Procedures.

 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

 SUBPART 17.2 — OPTIONS

 17.202 Use of options.

 17.202-90 Use of surge options.

 17.206 Evaluation.

 17.207 Exercise of options.

 SUBPART 17.5 — INTERAGENCY ACQUISITIONS

 17.501 General.

 17.502 Procedures.

 17.502-1 General.

 17.503 Ordering Procedures.

 SUBPART 217.74-- UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTIONS

 217.7402 Exceptions.

 217.7404 Limitations.

 217.7404-1 Authorization.

 217.7404-3 Definitization schedule.

 217.7405 Plans and reports.

 SUBPART 17.91 — PRODUCT LOAN AGREEMENTS

 17.9100 General.

 17.9101 Policy.
17.000 Definitions.

Bridge Contract is a short-term sole-source contract awarded generally to the incumbent contractor

to continue critical services when a follow-on competitive contract action could not be completed in

a timely manner. It provides needed services until the program and contracting offices can establish

a new competitive contract. The SPE Bridge Decision Briefing, located in DARS PGI 17.000, is not

required for non-DISA contract actions nor is it required for bridge contracts made necessary by

GAO or Agency-level protests. Although a bridge may not require a decision brief, it still must be

added onto the Bridge Report .

SUBPART 17.1 –– MULTI–YEAR CONTRACTS

17.104 General.

(b) For multi-year contracts, the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) may authorize modification

of the requirements of this subpart and the clause at FAR 52.217-2, Cancellation Under Multi-Year

Contracts.

17.106 Procedures.

17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.

(e) The HCA may approve recurring costs in cancellation ceilings for multi-year contracts.

SUBPART 17.2 — OPTIONS

17.202 Use of options.

17.202-90 Use of surge options.

(a) Definition. Optional CLIN that can be exercised unilaterally for an increase in quantity of support

for the task areas previously defined in the PWS/SOO/SOW.

(b) General.

(1) When the surge option amount is equal to or greater than 50% of the total value of the nonsurge CLINs, the contracting officer shall prepare a determination for the surge amount prior to
releasing the RFP or RFQ. The determination can be added to the Determination for Use of Options

template.

(i) Approval up to 50% is the contracting officer.

(ii) Approval over 50% is the CoCO.

(2) The surge CLIN shall be numbered as 9999 with a contract type of cost reimbursement not- toexceed. The following language may be used as the description for CLIN 9999:

“Optional surge support in accordance with DITCO Special Contract Requirement H6 – OPTION TO

EXERCISE SURGE SUPPORT.”

(3) The surge option should be exercised unilaterally to the maximum extent possible; however, can

be exercised bilaterally if negotiations are required.

(4) The amount of any new CLIN or amount added to an existing CLIN that implements surge will be

equal to the decrement of the not-to-exceed amount of CLIN 9999. Description for the surge CLIN

should state “Surge of Task Area # with a period of performance from __________________ to

_________________ .”.

17.206 Evaluation.

(S-90) The price for exercising 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, (not to exceed six (6) months)

will be evaluated as part of the total price of a proposal. See DARS PGI 17.206 (S-90) for procedures.

17.207 Exercise of options.

(S-90) For current contracts that include FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, and the

option was evaluated prior to award, the contracting officer shall prepare a determination and

findings document in accordance with FAR Subpart 17.207 Exercise of options prior to exercising

the option.

(S-91) The approval authority for DISA mission partner requests to exercise 52.217-8, Option to

Extend Services, is the HCA. The approval authority for non-DISA mission partner requests to

exercise 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, is the HCO.

SUBPART 17.5 — INTERAGENCY ACQUISITIONS

17.501 General.

(S-90) DITCO is the organic contracting activity of DISA. If DITCO can procure the requirement, the

Program Management Office shall work with DITCO contracting office to issue a general terms and

conditions (GT&C) agreement, unambiguous to the requesting and servicing agency. Prior to funds

certification, the servicing agency and the requesting agency shall both sign a written interagency

agreement that establishes the GT&Cs governing the relationship between the parties. DISA, as a

requesting agency, may use an external (non-DITCO) contracting agency. An approved
determination and findings (D&F) for an Interagency Assisted Acquisition, located at

https://www.ditco.disa.mil/contracts/AcquisitionAgreements.asp, is required prior to submitting a

requirements package to an external contracting office.

(S-91) Further guidance on how to conduct interagency acquisitions can be found in DARS PGI 17.5.

17.502 Procedures.

17.502-1 General.

(a) S-90) An unclassified interagency agreement is required for all DITCO contracts and shall be

completed within the Bureau of Fiscal Service of the U.S. Treasury’s Department’s system, GInvoicing. The interagency agreement process within the G-Invoicing system consists of the

following FS Form 7600 documents:

1. 7600A; an agreement establishing the GT&Cs

2. 7600B; the order and funding information. The order must be part of the scope of the executed

7600A. Prior to certification of an order, a fully executed agreement must be documented.

Classified agreements are exempt from G-Invoicing requirements.

17.503 Ordering Procedures.

Table 17-1 DISA/DITCO’s Approval Authority Interagency Assisted Acquisitions

Regulatory

Authority Agreement Type Approval

FAR & DFARS One contract award or multiple contract

actions under one contract vehicle

Contracting Officer (KO)

(up to warrant amount)

FAR & DFARS

Multiple contract awards against

multiple contract vehicles and/or

methods within one contracting office

Chief of Contracting

Office (CoCO)

FAR & DFARS

Multiple contract awards against

multiple contract vehicles and/or

methods within multiple contracting

offices

Vice Procurement

Services Executive

Table 17-2 DISA Coordination and Approval Authority for Determination and Findings

(D&F) for Assisted Acquisitions
Regulatory

Authority Dollar Threshold Concurrence Approval

FAR & DFARS

Exceeding the micropurchase threshold to

$50M

Requirements

Official

Chief of

Contracting Office

(CoCO)

FAR & DFARS Exceeding $50M

1) Director of the

Requirements Office

2) CoCO

Head of

Contracting Office

(HCO)

SUBPART 217.74-- UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTIONS

217.7402 Exceptions.

(a)The following Undefinitized Contract Actions (UCA) are not subject to this subpart.

(1) Telecommunications contract actions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold for:

(i) Temporary circuits associated with presidential travel or in support of the US Secret Service, the

Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Office of Special Events ordered via the Basic Agreements;

and,

(ii) CLINs associated with travel on the White House Communications Agency Travel Contract

217.7404 Limitations.

217.7404-1 Authorization.

(S-90) The contracting officer shall obtain approval from the HCA before entering into an UCA or

modifying the scope of an UCA when performance has already begun. The Request for HCA approval

of a UCA is located in DARS PGI 217.7404-1(S-90) and must be maintained in the contract file.

217.7404-3 Definitization schedule.

(a) The definitization schedule shall contain, at a minimum: The due date for the qualifying proposal,

date negotiations begin, and target date for definitization.

(S-90) Calendars. To assist in tracking the timely definitization of UCAs, the KO shall send an email
with the target definitization date to the Chief of PL21 and to the PSD Front Office (with copy to the

CoCO) to annotate the date on the PL21 and HCA’s calendar.

(b)(S-90) Timely Qualifying Proposal. If the qualifying proposal is not received by the date specified

in the definitization schedule, the KO shall coordinate with the CoCO and HCO to notify the HCA (by

email) providing the following information:

Reasons qualifying proposal was not received;

Steps that will be taken to obtain qualifying proposal within 60 days or less; and,

Whether or not payments will be withheld.

217.7405 Plans and reports.

(S-90) Processing. The PL2 Contract Policy & Operations Division will track the processing of UCAs

from providing a UCA Tracking Number to reviewing the final negotiated agreement, at all dollar

values. UCAs valued at greater than $5M will be reported to the Director, Defense Pricing and

Contracting (see DFARS 217.7405 & DFARS PGI 217.7405) in accordance with the DISA

Consolidated UCA Management Plan. Contract data shall be maintained in the format required by

the spreadsheet referenced in DFARS PGI 217.7405(2)(ii). PL2 will track approval of the UCA by the

HCA, and upon approval, retain a copy of the approved UCA Request for Approval and the UCA

D&Fs to complete the bi-annual report.

(S-91) Review. The contracting officer shall obtain a review of the proposed profit/fee from PL842,

Cost and Pricing Branch . A UCA Tracking Number shall be obtained from PL21, Contract Policy

Branch . A compliance review of the final negotiated agreement shall be obtained from the PL22,

Contract Operations Branch prior to definitization.

(S-92) Management Plan (D&F). All UCAs are required to adhere to the ‘Consolidated UCA

Management Plan’ required by DFARS PGI 217.7405(2)(i). Before entering into any UCA,

Contracting Officers shall obtain HCA approval (see DARS 217.7404-1). Prior to definitization,

Contracting Officers shall satisfy the requirements of the UCA Management Plan by executing a

D&F for HCA approval, (which shall be maintained in the contract file. The D&F template is located

in DARS PGI 217.7405(S-91).

SUBPART 17.91 — PRODUCT LOAN AGREEMENTS

17.9100 General.

Product Loan Agreement is a convenient vehicle for the Government to test and evaluate commercial

and developmental items for a specified period of time. The Agreement allows the Government to

use the product(s) on a no-cost basis for demonstration, testing, and assessing various product(s) in

the marketplace.
17.9101 Policy.

(a) The cognizant requirements office develops and initiates the Product Loan Agreement (PLA)

using the instructions and automated application available at:

https://cmis.disa.mil/facilities/vendorloan/vendorloan.cfm .

(b) The contracting officer is the only individual authorized to enter into, administer, and terminate

Product Loan Agreements on behalf of the Government. Unauthorized signatures on Product Loan

Agreements may result in Anti-Deficiency Act violations.