17.501 Definition.

"Economy Act Order" is the documentation, i.e., PWS, SA, ISA and etc., that elaborates the terms and conditions of the written agreement between the requiring and servicing agencies. The D&F is approved and issued to establish the authority of the Economy Act, prior to the issuance of the order to the servicing agency.

"Recurring Supplies and Services" means regularly or frequently acquiring the same or similar services and or supplies from the same servicing agency. Individual Economy Act D&Fs may only be used for one order for a period of one year or less on a fiscal year (FY) basis. A SA is required when obtaining recurring reimbursable supplies and services for DISA from another agency..

"Servicing Agency" means an external contracting organization with authority to place a contractual action, i.e., delivery or task order against one of its existing in-house contracts.