PGI 1.170-4 Administration of DPAP Peer Reviews.

(a)  The review recommendations of the DPAP Peer Review team are advisory in nature. However, significant findings may result in changes to the acquisition.

(b)  The DPAP program manager will organize review teams and facilitate reviews. DPAP Peer Review participants from DLA who will serve on other (non-DLA Peer Reviews) DoD Peer reviews are identified by job title as follows:

Senior Procurement Executive/Component Acquisition Executive

Acquisition Management Directorate

Deputy Director for Business Process Management

Deputy Director for Business Operations

Contracting and Acquisition Management, Executive Directors at DSCC, DSCP, and DSCR.

(c)  DPAP Peer Reviews are conducted at the location of the contract action. The CCO is responsible for serving as the focal point for the DPAP Program Manager. Appropriate entrance and exit briefings shall be conducted. The subject matter experts involved in the acquisition shall be available for consultation while the DPAP Peer Review team is performing the review.

(d)  A list of the documents that must be made available to the review team and the specific elements the team will examine is contained in DFARS PGI 201.170-4 Administration of Peer Reviews. The documents will be forwarded to DPAP by J-73.

(e)  DPAP Peer Review Team report. The DPAP Peer Review team will provide immediate verbal feedback to the contracting officer and the senior procurement official upon completion of a review. The written report will generally be provided within 3 work days after completion of the review to the contracting Officer. A copy of the report must be provided to J-73 as soon as it is received. If there is a discrepancy between the approved DLA direction and the Peer Review recommendations, the HCA shall confer with the Director J-7 to determine appropriate action.

(f)  The contracting officer shall document the disposition of all DPAP Peer Review recommendations (i.e., state whether the recommendation will be followed and, if not, why not) by a memorandum for the record in the applicable contract file prior to embarking on the next phase of an acquisition. A copy of the memorandum shall be furnished immediately to J-73. J-73 will in turn, provide the memorandum to DPAP.

(90)  DPAP Peer Review waivers. Under unusual circumstances request for waiver from the DPAP Peer Review requirement can be pursued. A waiver may be appropriate for certain acquisitions, such as those that are repetitive in nature. Waivers are generally not granted so there is no standard format or time frame prescribed. Requests for waivers shall be forwarded by the HCA to J-73 for processing. Approval by the Director J-7 is required prior to approaching DPAP. Waivers can only be granted by the DPAP Director.