8.1  Non-Government Advisors

(When considering the use of non-government personnel to assist in source selections, program managers and their teams must be aware of and comply with the restrictions in FAR 9.505-4(b), FAR 37.203(d), and AFFARS 5315.305(c).  These sections lay out the guidelines for use of non-government personnel to evaluate proposals, the responsibility of the program manager/head of contracting activity (HCA) to make reasonable efforts to identify government personnel who can support the source selection, and the requirement for the HCA to complete a determination that no government personnel are available before using non-government personnel to evaluate proposals and approve their use.)  This approval is non- delegable below the MAJCOM Commander or Center Commander (except within AFMC or AFSPC).)

Non-government advisors will/will not be used.  (If non-government advisors are not applicable, delete the remaining part of this section.)  Their expertise is required to support evaluation of ___________________ (identify the functional disciplines, e.g., system engineering, integration, configuration management, data management, quality, software capability, supportability, or test and evaluation) concepts relative to the acquisition and their use was approved by the HCA on __________.

Company names and company addresses of Non-Government Advisors are:

(Identify the advisors by company and address)

Authority to use non-government personnel to assist in this source selection was granted by (Name/Title) on (Date).