34. PGI Language

Comment: A respondent referenced DFARS 215.407-5-70(e)(3)(ii) which instructs contracting officers to follow the procedures relating to monitoring a contractor's corrective action and the correction of significant deficiencies in DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 215.407-5-70(e). The respondent suggested that since PGI is not regulation, references to specific PGI should stay out of regulation.

Response: The PGI procedures referenced in DFARS 215.407-5-70(e)(3)(ii) are mandatory internal DoD procedures applicable to monitoring a contractor's corrective action and the correction of significant deficiencies. Although the internal procedures are not part of the regulation, inclusion in the DFARS of the requirement to follow the procedures is necessary in order to make the procedures mandatory. In other instances, a reference to PGI may be necessary in order to notify contracting officers that additional guidance is available.