(a) Acquisition of services through a contract or task order that is not performance based.
(1) The HCA is the agency’s designee for approval of acquisition of services at or below
$78,500,000 that is not performance based. For acquisitions above $5 million, HCA authority may be delegated only to the Deputy/Assistant Commander for Contracts, a Flag or General Officer or SES who is a member of the Acquisition Professional Community, or, for commands/locations without a local SES/Flag/General Officer, to the Commanding Officer, but not further.
(2) For acquisitions exceeding $78,500,000, but below $500,000,000, the approval authority is DASN(A&LM).
(b) Acquisition of services through use of a contract or task order issued by a non-DoD agency. In addition to review and approval in accordance with the DoN Management
Oversight Process for Acquisition of Services, approval must be obtained from:
(1) The HCA for actions at or below $50,000,000. For acquisitions above $5 million, HCA authority may be delegated only to the Deputy/Assistant Commander for Contracts, a Flag or General Officer or SES who is a member of the Acquisition Professional Community, or, for commands/locations without a local SES/Flag/General Officer, to the Commanding Officer, but not further.
(2) DASN(A&LM) for actions exceeding $50,000,000.
