(a) Contracting officers may tailor solicitations to be inconsistent with customary commercial practice if they prepare and obtain approval of a waiver under paragraph (c) of this section.
(b) The contracting officer must prepare the waiver in accordance with FAR 12.302(c). The waiver is subject to the tailoring prohibitions in FAR 12.302(b)(1) through 12.302(b)(6).
(c) The contracting officer must obtain approval for waivers from the following:
(1) The Chief, Acquisition Assistance Division, for individual contracts.
(2) The Chief, Acquisition Program Management Division, for a class of contracts.
(d) Contracting officers must submit waiver requests no later than the solicitation issue date.
(e) Contracting officers must retain approved requests in the contract file.
