DAF Contract Policy Memo 24-C-04 (Mar 2024)
DAF Contract Policy Memo 24-C-04 (Mar 2024)
Summary
Department of the Air Force Contract Policy Memo 24-C-04 (SAF/AQC), transmitting the DAF Alternate Authorities Guide to inject speed and innovation into contracting. It covers a suite of alternate authorities including grants and cooperative agreements (10 U.S.C. 4001/4141), Research OTs (10 U.S.C. 4021), Other Transactions for Prototypes (10 U.S.C. 4022), Procurement for Experimental Purposes (10 U.S.C. 4023), Prize Challenges (10 U.S.C. 4025 and 15 U.S.C. 3719), and Partnership Intermediary Agreements, and sets out warranting/training requirements and dollar-threshold approval authorities for OTPs, follow-on production, and prizes. It also rescinds certain prior DAF OT and experimental-purposes memoranda, making it a consolidated DAF policy touching directly on OT, prize, and experimental-purposes acquisition.