(90)(a) The Director, Acquisition Management (J-7), shall designate the Agency Competition Advocate.
(b) In accordance with delegated authority from the Director, Acquisition Management, the Heads of Contracting Activities (HCA) shall appoint activity competition and an alternate activity competition advocates, as needed, for their respective procuring activities. Those activities for which the Director, Acquisition Management (J-7), is the HCA will forward nomination recommendations to J-72 signed by the activity’s Commander or Director. FAR 6.501(b) and (c) shall be considered when appointing or nominating individuals to perform the duties and responsibilities outlined in FAR 6.502(a), and appointed or nominated individuals shall be Level III certified in contracting in accordance with the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA).
(c) Where more than one activity competition advocate is assigned for a procuring activity, the HCA shall designate one activity competition advocate to serve as the Manager of the activity’s competition advocacy program.
