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kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 2.5"
title: "32"
number: "2.5"
heading: "Criteria for designation of participating programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/2.5"
---

# §2.5. Criteria for designation of participating programs.

- (a) Candidate programs must have an approved requirement, full program funding assured prior to designation, and low risk. Nomination of a candidate program to participate in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program should occur as early in the program's life-cycle as possible. Developmental programs will only be considered on an exception basis.
- (b) Programs in which commercial or non-developmental items can satisfy the military requirement are preferred as candidate programs. A nominated program will address which standard commercial, industrial practices will be used in the pilot program and how those practices will be applied.
- (c) Nomination of candidate programs must be accompanied by a list of waivers being requested to Statutes, FAR, DFARS, DoD Directives 4 and Instructions, 5 and where applicable, DoD Component regulations. Waivers being requested must be accompanied by rationale and justification for the waiver. The justification must include:
  - (1) **The provision of law proposed to be waived or limited.**
  - (2) **The effects of the provision of law on the acquisition, including specific examples.**
  - (3) The actions taken to ensure that the waiver or limitation will not reduce the efficiency, integrity, and effectiveness of the acquisition process used for the defense acquisition program; and
  - (4) A discussion of the efficiencies or savings, if any, that will result from the waiver or limitation.
- (d) No nominated program shall be accepted until the Under Secretary of Defense has determined that the candidate program is properly planned.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2340 note.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 17549, Apr. 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted.