5137.104-90-2 - Contracts for expert, consultant and stenographic reporting services covered by a delegation of authority.

(a) The contracting officer must prepare a D&F as required by DFARS 237.104(b)(i) for the signature of the authorizing official (see (b)(2), (c) and (d)) to authorize contracts pursuant to 10 U.S.C.129b and 5 U.S.C.3109 for the types of expert, consultant, and stenographic reporting services described in (b), (c) and (d). When a blanket D&F applies, the contracting officer will include in the contract file a copy of the blanket D&F and a statement signed by the contracting officer clearly showing why the blanket D&F is applicable to the proposed contract.

(b) Expert services supporting stage, motion picture or television productions.

(1) Purchase requests for personal services supporting productions must include a clearance from the local multimedia/visual information (VI) activity supporting acquisition outside VI acquisition channels. See 5137.9101, Army Regulation (AR) 25-1 and Department of the Army Pamphlet (DA PAM) 25-91.

(2) Contracts for expert personal services of actors, narrators and other technical and professional personnel listed in the following Figure 37-1 to support stage, motion picture or television production may be authorized by the following:

(i) Executive Director, Army Contracting Command

(ii) Reserved.

(iii) Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command.

(iv) Commander, U.S. Army Information Systems Command.

(v) Reserved.

(vi) Reserved.

(vii) Reserved.

(viii) Commander, U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC).

(3) The persons named in 5137.104-90-2(b)(2) may redelegate this authority in writing to individuals under their procurement cognizance.

Figure 37-1.-List of Expert Personal Services Connected With Stage, Motion Picture, or Television Production

Figure 37-1 - List of Expert Personal Services Connected with Stage, Motion Picture, or Television Production.

(c) Expert or consultant services in the field of law for performance outside the United States. Except for the employment of lawyers in their full capacity as advocates, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army, Europe, may authorize contracts of $50,000 or less for the personal services of experts or consultants in the field of law for performance outside the United States. Experts or consultants may be employed solely for the purposes of providing legal advice to military and civilian Army officials. See AR 27-50. This authority may not be redelegated below the level of the Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC). Redelegation must be in writing.

(d) Stenographic reporting services. Personal services contracts for stenographic reporting pursuant to 10 U.S.C.129b and in accordance with 5 U.S.C.3109 must be authorized as follows:

(1) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement) (DASA(P)) has authority to authorize contracts for stenographic reporting services in connection with White House activities and those categories of services described in (2).

(2) Authority to authorize contracts for stenographic reporting services has been delegated as follows:

(i) To HCAs for hearings in connection with agency Merit System Protection Board appeals and grievances or processing of employee complaints of discrimination under the equal employment opportunity program.

(ii) To HCAs for services for other administrative hearings for which verbatim records are required, either by regulation or by order of the administrative board's appointing authority.

(iii) To the Executive Director, Army Contracting Command, U.S. Army Materiel Command.

(3) The persons named in 5137.104-90-2(d)(2) may redelegate this authority in writing to individuals under their procurement cognizance. [AFARS Revision #21, dated May 22, 2007]