PART 5318
Emergency Acquisitions
[Revised November 7, 2012]
SUBPART 5318.000 – SCOPE OF PART
A Contingency Contracting Officer (CCO) is a person with contracting authority to enter into, administer, and terminate contracts on behalf of the Government in support of a local contingency, steady-state deployments, or other contingency operations. The CCO also acts as the primary business advisor to the deployed/incident commander or the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) director.
SUBPART 5318.2 — EMERGENCY ACQUISITION FLEXIBILITIES
5318.201 Contingency Operations
(1)(a) The following describes procedures for the selection, appointment, and termination of contingency contracting officers.
(i) Selection for a CCO Warrant.
a. Completed CCO Appointment/Termination Request. Review the completed template consistent with AFFARS MP5301.603, paragraph 3.2.
b. Appoint CCOs consistent with AFFARS MP5301.603, paragraph 4.1.
1. Candidates for CCO warrants for less than or equal to the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) require at least one year of contracting experience.
2. Candidates for CCO warrants above the SAT to less than $5M must have a minimum of two years of contracting experience and a Level I APDP certification in contracting.
3. Candidates for CCO warrants above $5M must have a minimum of two years of contracting experience and a Level II or higher APDP certification in contracting.
(ii) CCO Appointments. MAJCOM/DRU and AFISRA SCOs and SMC and
AFMC SCCOs must select and appoint CCOs and terminate their appointments in accordance with this section.
a. AFMC SCCOs may delegate this authority to the highest contracting official in the contracting chain at geographically separated organizations and AFRL detachments, but in no event will the designee be lower than a GS-15 (or equivalent) or 0-6.
b. MAJCOM/DRU and AFISRA SCOs may delegate authority to issue CCO warrants of less than $5M and terminate appointments of less than $5M, but in no event will the designee be lower than the Contracting Squadron Commander, Deputy, or equivalent.
c. ACC/A7K is the warranting authority for AFCENT CCOs.
(iii) Review of CCO warrants must be accomplished annually to ensure CCO training currency and to evaluate limitations set forth on the SF1402.
(iv) Termination of CCO warrants must be accomplished when the CCO permanently changes duty station.
(b) For delegation of Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) authority regarding micro-purchases and simplified acquisitions of supplies or services as used in support of a contingency operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack, see 5301.601(a)(i)(A)(1).
(S-90) For Air Force Contingency readiness policies, responsibilities and implementing procedures, see Appendix CC.
(S-91) Assign and maintain DoD Activity Address Codes (DoDAACs) for deployed forces within the area of responsibility, as required (see DFARS 204.7003(a)(1)).
5318.271 Head of contracting activity determinations.
(S-90) HQ ACC/A7K is the HCA designee for AFCENT for all delegable HCA responsibilities. (See 5301.601(a)(i)(A)(1)).