DFARS 209.571-3 Policy.

In plain English

This section states DoD policy that agencies must get advice on major and pre-major defense acquisition programs from objective, unbiased sources. It also directs contracting officers to resolve organizational conflicts of interest in ways that promote competition and preserve DoD's access to qualified contractors' expertise, avoiding unnecessary restrictions on potential offerors.

Applies to: DoD agencies and contracting officers handling major defense acquisition programs and pre-major defense acquisition programs

What it requires

• Obtain advice on major defense acquisition programs and pre-major defense acquisition programs from sources that are objective and unbiased
• Seek to resolve organizational conflicts of interest in a manner that promotes competition and preserves DoD access to the expertise and experience of qualified contractors
• Employ organizational conflict of interest resolution strategies that do not unnecessarily restrict the pool of potential offerors in current or future acquisitions, to the extent feasible
• Not impose across-the-board restrictions or limitations on the use of particular resolution methods, except as required under 209.571-7 or as appropriate in particular acquisitions

Key terms: major defense acquisition programs · pre-major defense acquisition programs · organizational conflicts of interest · resolution strategies · pool of potential offerors

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