ACRONYMS:

ACA Agency Competition Advocate

AF Air Force

CNCTC Commander, Naval Computer & Telecommunications Command

D Director, DISA

DD Deputy Director

D&F Determination & Finding

DoD Department of Defense

DSC Defense Supply Center

DTIC Defense Technical Information Center

DV Vice Director, DISA

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FFRDC Federally Funded Research & Development Contract

I-CASE Integrated Computer-Aided Software Engineering

MITRE MITRE Corporation (FFRDC contractor)

SA Support Agreement (DD Form 1144 or similar form)

SPE Senior Procurement Executive

USDA/GS US Department of Agriculture/Graduate School

•  Federal Reserve System

•  Central Intelligence Agency *

•  Joint Committee on Printing *

•  US Information Agency *

•  Independent Establishments (Per 5 U.S.C. § 104(1))

•  US Postal Service *

•  Postal Rate Commission

•  Government corporations other than wholly owned Government corporations under 31 U.S.C. § 9101(3) (e.g., mixed-ownership Government corporations under 31 U.S.C. § 9101(2))

o  Amtrak

o  Central Bank for Cooperatives

o  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

o  Federal Home Loan Banks

o  Federal Intermediate Credit Banks

o  Federal Land Banks

o  National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility

o  Regional Banks for Cooperatives

o  Rural Telephone Bank (after ownership conversion)

o  US Railway Association

o  *Resolution Trust Corporation

o  Resolution Funding Corporation

*Exempt from Economy Act--covered by separate statutory authority (40 U.S.C. § 474, Federal Property & Administrative Service Act of 1949).

EXAMPLES OF ECONOMY ACT EXEMPTIONS

Use of other Government supply sources (Reiterates FAR Subpart 8.002)

•  Supplies/Services

•  Public utility services (FAR Part 41)

•  Printing and related supplies (FAR Subpart 8.8)

•  Leased motor vehicles (FAR Subpart 8.11)

•  Strategic and critical materials (e.g., metals and ores) from inventories exceeding Defense National Stockpile requirements

•  Helium (FAR Subpart 8.5)

Priorities for use of Government supply sources (Reiterates FAR Subpart 8.001)

•  Supplies/services listed in descending order of priority-

•  Supplies

o  Agency inventories

o  Excess from other agencies

o  Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

o  Products available from the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

o  Wholesale supply sources, such as stock programs of the GSA, Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs and military inventory control points

o  Mandatory Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) Optional use FSS

o  Commercial sources (including educational and nonprofit institutions)

•  Services

o  Services available from the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

o  Mandatory FSS

o  Optional use FSS

o  Federal Prison Industries, Inc. or commercial sources (including educational and nonprofit institutions)

Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs)--GWAC examples follow (not all-inclusive):

•  Department of Transportation - I-TOP

•  Department of Commerce - COMMITS

•  GSA - Contracts funded through the IT fund--two examples follow:

o  SEAT Management

o  FAST

Although the Economy Act does not apply, if the plan is to obtain any of these supplies or services by having another agency contract for them consider the following as part of the market research: Ensure the action a reasonable alternative to using a DISA contracting office, and is in the best interest of the Government. NOTE: FAR Subpart 17.5 does not apply when a DISA contracting office places orders directly on another agency's contract.

Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs) and or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs)