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DIRECTIVES SYSTEM """ "'''" 

Interagency Acquisitions (Agreements} 

Title: Director' 

1. Purpos... This dir,.ctive establhh""s policies and procedures 

for interag,.ncy acquisitions by the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcem,.nt (OSMRE), 

2. Definitions, 

a. Int,.ragency Acquisition (Agr,.ement), ~ prccedur"' by which 

an agency n"'"'ding supplies or services (the r~qu,.sting agency) 

obtains them from another agency (the a .. rviciqg agency). 

'· . ordet;s 

servicing sgency 

contract 1f: 

The authority by which an ag,.ncy may place 

sgency for supplies or services that the 

equipped to aupply, render, or obtain by 

(1). it is determined by the Head of the requesting agency, 

or designee, that it is in the Government's interest 

to do so; and, 

(2). funds. are available. 

3. Policy/Procedure. 

a. Policy. It is the policy of OSMRE to enter into interagency 

acquisitions with other Federal Government agencies whenever th"' 

objective repres,.nts a problem of common interest or the solution 

will directly aid OSMRE in carrying out its responsibilities and 

programs. It 1s the policy of OSMRE thst only those individuals ll'ho 

have b"'"'n authorized to execute Interagency Acquisitions shsll 

place orders fer supplies or services from another Federal 

Government agency. 

b. Procedure. The individusls with the titles listed below 

have been suthcrized to enter into Interagency Acquisitions: 

"' (2) 

"' (4) 

(5) 

"' "' 

(9) '"

(lO) 

Deputy Director, Adminiatrsticn and Finane'" 

Assistant Director, Informstion Systems Mansgement 

Assistant Director, Sudg"'t snd Administration 

Chi,.f, Division of Management Servic"'s 

Assistant Director, Finance and Accounting 

Assistsnt Dir,.ctcr, Program Policy 

Assistant Director, Eastern Field Op,.rations 

Assistant Director, Western Field Operations 

Chief, Administrative Service Center 

Level IV Contracting Officers 

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Individuals With the titles 2 through 9 are oubjeet to the 

limitations contained in the Delegations of Authority, OPM-5, dated 

January 29, 1988. Level IV Contracting Officers authority is 

subject to the li~itstiona contained on the Certificate of 

Appointment, Standard Form 1402. 

Interagency Acquisitions a-re not required to be signed by a 

warranted Contracting Officer. Individuals authorized to execute 

Interagency Acquisitions must obtain from the Contracting Officer 

the determination and findings prior to their execution. The 

Contr•cting Officer is responsible for obtaining executiOn of the 

determination and findings &pecified by the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) 17.502 and the Department of the Interior 

A~quiaition Regulation (DIAR) 1417.502. In addition, a Contracting 

Offi~er shall review the interagency acquisltioni format ta ensure 

campliance with FAR 17.504. 

c. An Intera8e~y Acquisition entered 

into Economy Act, ll u.s.c. 1535, la 

any other contract. However, 

Economy are to an additional requirement. 

The period af availability of funda tranaferred purausnt to an 

Economy Act acquisition may not ex~eed the period of availability of 

the source appropriation. 

Orders required by law to be placed with a Government agency are nat 

Ecanomy Act transactions. In these eases, obligations ~y remain in 

force beyond the period of availability of the source appropriation. 

Examples of "orders required by law" are those for printing and 

binding which ttuat be placed with the Government Printing Office. 

Building alteration orders must usually be placed with the General 

Servi~es Administration. 

d. Certification of Funds. Final approval procedures for 

Interagency Acquisitions are subject to the OSMRE Directive on 

Administrative Control of Funds, FIN-S, dated January 12, 1988, and 

Temporary Directive No. 88-2, Utilization of the ABACIS Commitment 

Option, or ita replacement. All Int~ragency Acquisitions against 

Headquarters allocations, which obligate $10,000 or more, require 

concurrence by the Chief, Division of Budget, Planning and 

Management Analyses prior to obligotion. 
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4. RepGrting Requirements. None. 

5, Refereneea. 

a. 31 u.s.c. 1535 as amended by Pub. L. 97-332, dated 

October 15, 1982. 

b, Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

e. Department of the Interior Acquisition Regulation. 

d. OSMRE Directive, OPM-5, Delegations of Authority, dated 

January 29, 1988. 

e. OSMRE Directive, FIN-5, Administrative Control of Funds, 

dated January 1, 1988. 

6· Effect on Other Documents. None· 

7· Effective Date. Upon Issuance. 

8. Contact. Divigion of Management Services, Branch of Procurement 

(202) 343-4685