subpart 205.3--synopses of contract awards
205.303 Announcement of
contract awards.
205.303 Announcement of
contract awards.
(a) Public Announcement.
(i) The threshold for DoD awards is $5
million. Report all contractual
actions, including modifications, that have a face value, excluding unexercised
options, of more than $5 million.
(A)
For undefinitized contractual actions, report the not-to-exceed (NTE)
amount. Later, if the definitized
amount exceeds the NTE amount by more than $5 million, report only the amount
exceeding the NTE.
(B)
For indefinite delivery, time and material, labor hour, and similar
contracts, report the initial award if the estimated face value, excluding
unexercised options, is more than $5 million.
Do not report orders up to the estimated value, but after the estimated
value is reached, report subsequent modifications and orders that have a face
value of more than $5 million.
(C)
Do not report the same work twice.
(ii) Departments and agencies submit the
information—
(A)
To the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs);
(B)
By the close of business the day before the date of the proposed award;
(C)
Using report control symbol DD-LA-(AR) 1279;
(D)
Including, as a minimum, the following—
(1) Contract
data. Contract number, modification
number, or delivery order number, face value of this action, total cumulative
face value of the contract, description of what is being bought, contract type,
whether any of the buy was for foreign military sales (FMS) and identification
of the FMS customer;
(2) Competition information. Number
of solicitations mailed and number of offers received;
(3) Contractor
data. Name, address, and place of
performance (if significant work is performed at a different location);
(4) Funding
data. Type of appropriation and
fiscal year of the funds, and whether the contract is multiyear (see FAR
Subpart 17.1); and
(5) Miscellaneous
data. Identification of the
contracting office, the contracting office point of contact, known
congressional interest, and the information release date.
(iii) Departments and agencies, in accordance with department/agency procedures and concurrent with the public announcement, shall provide information similar to that required by paragraph (a)(ii) of this section to members of Congress in whose State or district the contractor is located and the work is to be performed.