(a) Each appointing authority will establish a Contracting Officer Warrant Review Program consisting of the following:
(1) An annual assessment of the organizational need for Contracting Officer appointments.
(i) The annual review will include the following considerations: a contracting office's needs for the number and dollar values of warrants relative to the office's size and mission; whether warrants should be limited or unlimited; whether warrants are rescinded when appropriate; whether contracting officers meet the FAR/DFARS/DLAD selection criteria; the number and duration of waivers to selection criteria; and whether a periodic review of contracting officers warrants by the contracting office has been accomplished. The results of the annual review shall be documented in a report and approved by the Chief of the Contracting Office.
(2) Appointment of a Contracting Officer Review Board to accomplish the following:
(i) Review and approve initial Contracting Officer appointment procedures.
(ii) Once every three years conduct reviews of each Contracting Officer appointment as described below:
(A) An evaluation of the contracting officer's work products to include a cumulative assessment of the results of preaward and postaward reviews of contract actions by the activity contract review personnel.
(B) An examination of the contracting officer's Individual Development Plan to include completion of mandatory training courses for the level of warrant held, on-the-job training, and required college degree or 24 semester hours of business related study, unless exempted based upon criteria set forth in DFARS 201.603-2(2).
(C) A review of the contracting officer's professional competency which may include an appearance before the Contracting Officer Review Board to demonstrate that the contracting officer possesses the required knowledge of contracting officer authority and responsibility, the role of a contracting officer, activity/agency contracting procedures, decision making skills, and ethics.
(iii) Place written documentation of the results of the triannual review in the contracting officer's appointment file.
(b) The Contracting Officer Review Board will be composed of PLFA contracting personnel who have held contracting officer warrants from the following offices (or equivalent): Director or Deputy Director of Contracting, Plans, Policy and Systems Office, Business Review Office, and a senior contracting officer from a contracting team. Board results will be recorded and placed in the appointment file.
