---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1034.004"
title: "48"
number: "1034.004"
heading: "Acquisition strategy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1034.004"
---

# §1034.004. Acquisition strategy.

- (a) A program manager's acquisition strategy written at the system or investment level in accordance with FAR 7.103(e) shall include at a minimum:
  - (1) The relationship of each individual acquisition (Contract, Delivery Order, Task Order, or Interagency Agreement) to the overall investment requirements and management structure;
  - (2) What work is being performed in-house (by government personnel) versus contracted out for the investment;
  - (3) A description of the effort, by acquisition, and the plans to include required clauses in the acquisitions;
  - (4) A timetable of major acquisition award and administration activities, including plans for contract transitions;
  - (5) An investment/system surveillance plan;
  - (6) Financial and human resource requirements to manage the acquisition processes through the investment lifecycle;
  - (7) Consideration of optimal contract types, including considerations of performance based approaches, small business utilization, [Section 508](/cfr/48/508.md), etc.; and
  - (8) Assurances that the acquisition strategy section and supporting acquisition plans will maximize competition, including enabling downstream competition through avoidance of vendor “lock in”.
- (b) The acquisition strategy shall be approved by a chartered interdisciplinary acquisition team that includes a representative of the procurement organization designated in accordance with bureau procedures.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1707.