The Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC), on a non-delegable basis, shall approve unusual contract financing arrangements as stated in FAR 32.114 and DFARS 201.402(1)(vi). The contracting officer must submit any unusual financing requests by a contractor through the SCO to SAF/AQC for review and concurrence prior to SAF/AQC forwarding request to DPC for approval. The SCO must submit a memorandum outlining the pertinent facts together with a recommendation on the action to be taken through the SAF/AQC Workflow with a courtesy copy to SAF/FMF [SP1] no later than 30 days before the needed effective date of the proposed financing arrangement. For Space Force, follow internal coordination procedures prior to submission to SAF/AQC Workflow for review and submission by SAF/AQC to DPC.