(a) All mid-tier requirements must be coordinated with J-6 and other business offices as needed, e.g., J-8 prior to submission to the contracting office. Mid-tier refers to equipment that is in the range between individual work stations and mainframe computers (examples of mid-tier uses include: client servers, network controllers, process controllers, and dedicated single application processors).
(b) Non-DLA Contracting Services Office (DCSO) may award contracts or orders for IT if any of the following conditions applies:
(1) The total value of the contract or order (including options) does not exceed $500,000.
(2) The contract or order is for IT supplies, training, or subscriptions.
(c) Requirements with a value exceeding the threshold of $500,000 shall be procured by DCSO, unless approval of the DCSO Chief of the Contracting Office (CCO) is obtained. Non-DCSO contracting offices shall request this procurement authority in writing to the DCSO CCO who will determine whether the procurement action will be performed by the non-DCSO contracting office or DCSO based on the facts presented.
(d) Proposed use of the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Enterprise Integration Services contracts shall be submitted to the DLA CIO, through the DCSO, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the DLA CIO.
(e) All requirements to be acquired using the GSA Federal Systems Integration and Management Program shall be staffed through the DCSO to the DLA CIO for informational purposes and investment accountability by the DLA CIO. See 7.90 for additional information.
(f) Refer to section 4.1302 when acquiring personal identity verification products and services.
(g) Prior to acquiring commercial software or software maintenance the contracting officer shall review DFARS Subpart 208.74, the DLA One Book Chapter, Smartbuy and Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Enterprise Service Agreements (ESA), which is accessible through eWorkplace, and the DLA Information Technology Solutions Document. Requests for waiver in accordance with DFARS PGI 208.7403 shall be submitted to J-654 (see DLA One Book Chapter, Smartbuy and Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Enterprise Service Agreements (ESA), 4.6.3.2). See PGI 39.9003 for additional information.
(h) Any requirements that require the contractor to develop, store, process, display or transmit information that is used in any DLA business process must be coordinated with J-6 in the acquisition planning stage.
(i) Consult the DLA Informaton Technology Solutions Document to ensure that there are no existing IT solutions that can meet the acquisition requirement. See PGI 39.9003 for additional information on this document.
(1) Though this document provides Agency IT solutions, the contracting officer must ensure that all necessary procurement requirements are followed when using sources listed therein. Some areas to consider include the competitive process (see FAR 6.1), sole source and limited source justifications (see FAR 8.405-6), brand name situations (see FAR 11.105), economies of scale and scope of the listed source(s). See PGI 39.9003 for additional information.
(2) Contact J-6 to request the addition of a new solution to the document.
(j) For telecommunications equipment and services:
(1) The contracting officer shall ensure that, for capital investment requirements $250,000 or greater, capital investment funding shall be used.
(2) Communication Services Authorities or other communications services orders or agreements shall be signed by the contracting officer.
