To review contract files before solicitation and award and after
award.
Procedure
A part of OA, the NIAID Board of Awards (BOA) reviews proposed contract
actions to ensure:
Contract actions
conform with laws, acquisition regulations,
policies, procedures, and sound business practices.
Contract actions reflect
the mutual understanding of the parties involved.
Contracting
officers are informed of deficiencies and items of questionable acceptability
and take corrective action.
Each year, the OA director, collaborating with the chief of the
OA Acquisition Management and Policy Branch (AMPB), determines which
OA contract files the BOA will review and notifies contracting officers
and contract specialists. The AMPB chief serves as the Board chair,
who selects AMPB staff as Board members.
The BOA completes its reviews
within five working days and provides written minutes to contract
specialists reflecting its findings.
Within 30 calendar days from the date of the minutes, contract
specialists must provide a written response to the Board. AMPB also
issues a
compilation of recurring problems annually to OA.
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