(a) NAVFACENGCOM cognizance of public works and civil works.
(1) Responsibility. Commander, NAVFACENGCOM is responsible for awarding and administering all architect-engineer, construction and facilities support contracts.
(2) Administration of construction portions of contracts. When a contract for construction of civil works is made directly between the DON and a builder (as distinguished from the contractor who is to operate the facilities) NAVFACENGCOM will be the contracting agency with the work to be financed by transfer of funds from the sponsoring contracting activity to NAVFACENGCOM. All other contracts potentially requiring construction of civil works shall include the clause at 5252.201-9000, Civil Works - Delegation to Naval Facilities Engineering Command.
(b) NAVSUPSYSCOM contracting responsibilities. NAVSUPSYSCOM contracting responsibilities include:
(1) providing DON-wide policy and procedures for simplified acquisition as defined in FAR Part 13, except that NAVFAC may utilize other procedures for construction, A/E services, and base support; and
(2) contracting for supplies and services throughout the DON for which no other contracting activity, office or command is delegated contracting authority. This includes contracting for Naval (but not Marine Corps) activities for visual information (motion picture and videotape) productions under the technical cognizance of and via coordination with the Naval Media Center, unless an exception is granted by the Chief of Naval Operations (N09C4).
(3) providing DON-wide policy and procedures for AbilityOne (Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act) acquisitions as defined in FAR Part 8.
(c) Military Sealift Command (MSC) responsibility for services of ships and craft for other than transportation. The MSC is responsible for purchasing or otherwise providing DON
activities, as requested, the services of ocean-going ships and craft for purposes other than transportation such as oceanographic research and survey including underwater research; cable laying; repair facilities; and range instrumentation. This includes ferries and tugs, but excludes (1) other harbor craft; (2) ferries and tugs used for husbanding services; and (3) ferries and tugs used for OCONUS services. Requirements for such services or ships, except those (1) specifically excluded by this paragraph (c); (2) met by ships and craft organic to the Military Services; and (3) required in the installation phase of a system by the systems contractor, shall be placed with MSC in a timely manner to permit maximum competition.
(d) Chief of Naval Research (CNR) responsibility for the charter or sublet of government owned research ships. The CNR is responsible for DON charter party agreements wherein DON owned oceanographic research ships are leased to research institutions for the performance of contract research.
