Sole Source, Changes and Secrecy
Four pieces on Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of the SAMM: sole source designations, what a modification may change, changing a sale Congress has already seen, and classified cases.
Four pieces in this topic
When a buyer names the supplier
The international agreement exception, who may ask and when, where it cannot be used, and the note that records it.
02What a modification may change
Examples of allowable changes, the extra checks on older-rate lines, and the rules on token-value lines.
03Changing a sale Congress has already seen
Upgrades that need a new notice, one notice for several cases, when an offer may go out, and who prepares the package.
04When a sales case is classified
An unclassified default, a high bar for buyer requests, four deciding factors, and how a case is written outside the case system.
Key terms in this topic
Sole sourceInternational agreement exceptionSimplified acquisition thresholdOffshore procurement determinationDesignated subcontractorModificationSupply and services completeMonthsPrevious administrative rateMinimal-dollar lineSection 36(b)(1) noticeSection 36(b)(5)(A) reportSection 36(b)(5)(C) noticeTransmittal numberQualitative military edge determinationConfidentialOrder of battlePseudo line codeClassified annex10 U.S.C. 130c
Other topics in buying and selling
- Foreign Military Sales 5 pieces
- Letters of Request 3 pieces
- Eligibility and Scope of Sale 3 pieces
- Pricing, Payment and Billing 3 pieces
- Case Changes and Reviews 3 pieces
- Case Closure 2 pieces
- Financing and the Trust Fund 3 pieces
- Writing the Agreement 3 pieces
- Multinational Sales 3 pieces
- Case Development Controls 3 pieces
- Before the Case Is Written 3 pieces
- Line Level Financial Review 3 pieces
- Contracting for a Case 3 pieces
- Cooperative Programs and Contributions 3 pieces
- Pricing Services and Support 3 pieces
- Procurement Pricing and Waivers 2 pieces
- Billing and Cost Recovery 3 pieces
- Standby Letters of Credit 3 pieces
- Executing and Reconciling a Case 3 pieces
- Problems, Reductions and Closure 3 pieces
- Leases and Other Sales 3 pieces
- Preparing the Offer 4 pieces
- Pricing Articles and Offers 5 pieces
- Paying for a Case 5 pieces
- Assistance Procurement and Claims 3 pieces
- Buy American for Supplies 4 pieces
- Construction and Overseas Content 3 pieces
- Specialty Metals and Covered Materials 4 pieces
- Domestic Source Restrictions 4 pieces