---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 217.770"
title: "48"
number: "217.770"
heading: "Procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/217.770"
---

# §217.770. Procedures.


Departments and agencies shall establish and maintain procedures for reviewing and approving orders placed for supplies and services under non-DoD contracts, whether through direct acquisition or assisted acquisition, when the amount of the order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. These procedures shall include—

- (a) **Evaluating whether using a non-DoD contract for the acquisition is in the best interest of DoD.** Factors to be considered include—
  - (1) Satisfying customer requirements;
  - (2) Schedule;
  - (3) **Cost effectiveness (taking into account discounts and fees).** In order to ensure awareness of the total cost of fees associated with use of a non-DoD contract, follow the procedures at PGI 217.770(a)(3); and
  - (4) Contract administration (including oversight);
- (b) Determining that the tasks to be accomplished or supplies to be provided are within the scope of the contract to be used;
- (c) Reviewing funding to ensure that it is used in accordance with appropriation limitations; and
- (d) **Collecting and reporting data on the use of assisted acquisition for analysis.** Follow the reporting requirements in [subpart 204.6](/cfr/48/subpart204.6.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 51751, Aug. 26, 2015, as amended at 80 FR 56930, Sept. 21, 2015]

### Amendments

[80 FR 51751, Aug. 26, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36345, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 51751, Aug. 26, 2015, as amended at 80 FR 56930, Sept. 21, 2015]