(a) Policy. Unless exempted by (b) below, single awards of task or delivery order contracts valued at or below $100M require HCA approval.
(b) Exemptions. The following categories of contracts are exempt from the requirement for HCA approval for single awards of task or delivery order contracts:
(1) Competitively awarded contracts which provide only for firm fixed unit price task or delivery order contracts for products or services where unit prices are established in the contract;
(2) Only one qualified offer received under a competitive solicitation (the circumstances for award must be addressed in the business clearance);
(3) Contracts for Foreign Military Sales awarded to a directed source;
(4) Requirements contracts supported by approved acquisition plans/strategies;
(5) Contracts supported by a sole source Justification and Approval under FAR Part 6;
(6) Sole source contracts awarded under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act; and
(7) Contracts with a total estimated value less than $5.5 million.
(c) Combination contracts. For contracts where the only products or services to be acquired by issuance of task or delivery orders are incidental to the overall effort under the contract, and the overwhelming preponderance of the work is defined and priced at the outset, the threshold for approval is based on the estimated value of the incidental services.
