§3154 Contingency Contracting Matters Covered

Summary

Requires the joint contingency contracting policy called for in section 3151 to set clear roles, training, sourcing, and coordination rules. Each military department must name a senior commissioned officer or a senior civilian from the Senior Executive Service to run the policy. A senior commissioned officer with the right acquisition experience must lead contingency contracting during combat, post‑conflict, and other contingency operations and report to the combatant commander in whose area the operations occur. The policy must ensure the services are ready to do contingency contracting for combat, post‑conflict, stabilization, and reconstruction, including work with other agencies. The policy must require training (including training through the Defense Acquisition University) on the laws, rules, and rapid acquisition methods (including exceptions to competition under sections 3201 through 3205 of this title, sealed bidding, letter contracts, IDIQ task orders, section 8(a) set‑asides (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), undefinitized actions, and other fast tools), use of rapid acquisition authority and commanders’ emergency response funds, and the need to move quickly back to full and open competition. Training must be kept current when personnel are not deployed. The policy must also promote joint and cross‑service coordination and should, as far as possible, be used when making interagency plans for stabilization and reconstruction consistent with the President’s report under section 1035 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2388).