1. Formal Acquisitions (Large Buys)
Jeremy Prince
15-16 May 2018

2. Significant Thresholds
Formal Acquisition Procedures
Non-Commercial Items: >$250K (4/30)
Commercial Items: > $7Million
Small Business Sub Plan - >$700K
Both Non-Commercial & Commercial Items
Certified Cost Data (TINA) - >$750K
July 1st 2018 TINA Increases to $2 Million
Non-Commercial Items Only

3. Statistics For April 2018 7,338 Manual Awards Totaling $176M
106 Formal Acquisitions(1.4%)
$61M of total $176M (34.7 %)
72 Small Businesses(67.9%); $41M(67.2%)
37,759 Open PRs Estimated at $1.67B
1,135 Estimated Formal Acquisitions (3.0%)
$1.04B of total estimated $1.67B (62.2%)

4. Issues Affecting Timely Awards
No Bids/Alternative Bids/Source Approval/Removal
Proposal Issues
Pricing Issues
Technical Issues

5. No Bids/Alternative Bids/Source Approval/Removal
No-Bids should include a reason
Tooling, Part Obsolescence, Drawings etc.
Provide alternative bids
Quantities, Material, Processes, etc
Request to be removed/approved as a source

6. Proposal Issues Not in Accordance with Terms and Conditions
FOB/Inspection Point
Quantity
Quality System
Set-Aside Requirement
Non-Compliant Delivery
Still be honest
Provide reasons
Supporting Documentation
Traceability documentation
Subcontracting Plan
Cost Data

7. Pricing Issues Price Increases Certified Cost Data
Acceptable when supported with documentation
Certified Cost Data
FAR (Threshold is $750K; $2Million 7/1/2018)
Exceptions to Certified Data FAR (b)
Other than Certified Cost Data
FAR
Can be required by the contracting officer at any time
Profit
FAR
Level of Effort on Different Buys for the Same Item

8. Technical Issues Exceptions Waiver/Deviations Obsolete Parts
Drawing Issues
First Article Waivers/Refusal to Perform

9. Questions

10. Contact Information
Jeremy Prince
DLA-Aviation, FA