OSD DPC Policy Vault Memo USA001717-20-DPC (Other Transactions)
10 USC 2371b
Summary
A memorandum from Defense Pricing and Contracting (signed by Acting Principal Director Kim Herrington, OUSD(A&S)) providing implementation guidance for the Section 889(a)(1)(B) prohibition on contracting with entities using certain covered telecommunications and video surveillance equipment or services, as applied to Other Transactions for Prototype Projects under 10 U.S.C. 2371b. It directs that OT prototype solicitations issued on or after August 13, 2020 include FAR provision 52.204-24 and that awards include clause 52.204-25, extending the FAR-based principles to prototype OT agreements while excluding grants and other assistance agreements under OUSD(R&E).