(a)(3) The contracting officer must submit contractor requests for unusual progress payments through the SCO to the cognizant HCA Workflow with a recommendation to approve or disapprove the request. The cognizant HCA will forward all requests for unusual progress payments, whether recommended for approval or disapproval, to SAF/FMF with all pertinent data supporting the recommended action for approval and submission to OUSD(A&S)/DPCAP.

(a) When the estimated contract costs increase such that the estimate of the unusual progress payments increase $20 million or more over the approved unusual progress payment estimate, the contracting officer must notify SAF/FMF through their SCO, with a courtesy copy to the cognizant HCA Workflow .