CC-204  Appointment of Contingency Contracting Officers

(a)  Air Force issued contracting officer warrants will be honored by Air Force Expeditionary contracting units. If specific limitations on the warrant hinder the CCO's ability to support contingency operations, warrants may be adjusted by the warrant's signatory or another warrant may be issued by the gaining command.

Note: Home station warrants may not be accepted when deploying into a joint organization or a unit where the Air Force is not the lead service for contracting support. In these cases, make every effort to coordinate with gaining deployed unit to have warrant in-hand prior to departure from home station. This does not relieve the home station unit from the requirement at CC-204 (b) below.

(b)  All contingency contracting officers will deploy with a warrant. Unless the deploying CCO has a valid warrant in hand from the gaining command, the CCO's home station unit shall issue a warrant to an individual before deploying. Units can issue warrants for CCOs ahead of time if the CCO(s) are designated to support no-notice deployment(s) or incidents. Specific contracting authority on a contingency warrant should be limited to a level commensurate with the individual's APDP-level certification, demonstrated business acumen, and experience (e.g. micro-purchase, simplified acquisition, unlimited or other designated dollar amount as appropriate).