Effective immediately, this class deviation supersedes Class Deviation 2014-O0008, dated February 12, 2014. Contracting officers shall comply with the policy in this class deviation and incorporate the clause at Attachment 1 in solicitations and contracts awarded on or before December 31, 2018, with an estimated value in excess of $50,000, that are being, or will be, performed in the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), United States European Command (USEUCOM), United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), or United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) theaters of operations. In addition, to the maximum extent practicable, existing contracts being performed in these theaters of operations shall be modified bilaterally, in accordance with FAR 1.108, to include the clause.

Contracting officers shall also incorporate the clause at Attachment 2 in all solicitations and contracts awarded prior to December 31, 2014, valued at more than $100,000, that are to be performed in USCENTCOM.

This class deviation implements section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2014 (Pub. L. 113-66) and carries forward any applicable requirements of sections 841 and 842 of the NDAA for FY 2012 (Pub. L. 112-81), previously implemented under Class Deviation 2014-O0008.

Section 831 requires USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, USAFRICOM, USSOUTHCOM, and USPACOM Commanders to identify persons or entities who are actively opposing United States or Coalition forces involved in a contingency operation in which members of the armed forces are actively engaged in hostilities. The combatant commanders may, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and the appropriate Chief of Mission, notify the appropriate heads of contracting activities (HCA), in writing, of such identification and request the HCA exercise the authority provided in this deviation.

Upon receipt of such notification, the HCA, without power of redelegation, will exercise this authority to determine in writing, whether to-

• Prohibit, limit, or otherwise place restrictions on the award of any DoD contracts to such identified persons or entities;
• Terminate for default any DoD contracts when the HCA determined that the contractor failed to exercise due diligence to ensure that none of the funds received under the contract are provided directly or indirectly to such identified person or entity; or
• Void, in whole or in part, any DoD contract that provided funds to such identified person or entity.

Upon the termination or voiding of a contract, the contracting officer shall treat such action as a default for purposes of reporting in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) (see FAR 42.1503(1)(iii)).

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) recommendations in its April 2013 report (Audit 13-6) are implemented as follows:

• Senior Procurement Executives (SPEs) shall develop a standard process for distributing the combatant commander's section 841/section 831 notification memoranda to the HCAs and, in turn, have their HCAs develop similar mechanisms for providing section 841/section 831 notifications to prime contractors performing in their respective theater of operations.
• Prior to award of contracts that will be performed in the covered combatant commands (CENTCOM, EUCOM, SOUTHCOM, AFRICOM, and PACOM) and awarded on or before December 31, 2018, contracting officers shall check the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov to ensure contracts are not awarded to prohibited or restricted persons or entities (see DFARS PGI 225.7703-3).
• Contracting officers shall also check SAM, at a minimum, on a monthly basis to ensure none of the existing contracts being performed in the covered combatant commands are associated with prohibited or restricted persons or entities.
• Each HCA shall enforce inclusion of the attached clause 252.225-7993 (Attachment 1) in all contracts awarded in support of the covered combatant commands operations.
• Each covered combatant command shall track and provide, at a minimum, the following data to osd.pentagon.ousd-atl.mbx.contingency-contracting@mail.mil not later than January 15th of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019:
  1. Data requirements for section 841 (NDAA for FY 2012) and section 831 (NDAA for FY 2014) - all covered combatant commands:
     • The number of instances in which this authority was exercised to restrict, terminate, or void contracts, grants and cooperative agreements. Each such instance should include the contracting activity, contract number, contract value, requirement description, and contractor/subcontractor name at a minimum;
     • The basis for the actions taken for each instance;
     • A summary of the results of actions taken for each instance; and
     • The Commander's notification letters to HCAs.
  2. Data requirements for section 842 (NDAA for FY 2012) - USCENTCOM only:
     • The number of instances in which this authority was exercised to examine contractor/subcontractor's records. Each such instance should include the contracting activity, contract number, contract value, requirement description, and contractor/subcontractor name, at a minimum;
     • The basis for the action taken for each instance;
     • A summary of the results of any examination of records so undertaken for each instance; and The Commander's notification letters to HCAs.

  This class deviation remains in effect until incorporated in the DFARS or otherwise rescinded.