UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS



-520065-85090UNITED STATES MARINE CORPSCONTRACTING DEPARTMENTMARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS-MARINE CORPS BASE PSC BOX 20087CAMP LEJEUNE NC 28542-0087 IN REPLY REFER TO:#### Determination and Findings to Obligate Funds In Advance of Appropriation for Excepted ActivitiesReferences: 31 U.S.C. § 1341-1342 (Anti-Deficiency Act); H.R. 3210 (Pay Our Military Act); MarAdmin 512/13 October 1, 2013; Fiscal Director of the Marine Corps Letter September 27, 2013; Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, M-13-22, September 17, 2013; Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, 25 September 2013, DoD 7000.14-R, Financial Management Regulation, Volume 3, Chapter 12 December 2008. FINDINGS1. Requiring Office. Provide the name of the requiring office, including the Requiring Individual in the following format. a. Name of Activity: b. Requiring Individual name, telephone, and e-mail address:2. Description of the Requirement. Provide a description of the type of goods or services to be provided or procured. Details concerning the requirement will be explained in the following format. Remember that for some contracts, only part of the contract may truly be necessary to support an excepted activity. Be specific about what you really need. a. The Requirement. The Requiring Individual is to provide a firm, clear, specific, and complete description of the goods or services necessary to support an excepted activity. b. Excepted Activity. Describe what activity this specific requirement is in support of. That activity must be specifically identified on the currently effective list of approved activities signed by the Secretary of the Navy. Explain how your requirement supports the excepted activity. Excepted activities are those that involve the protection of life and property or national security. These include administrative, logistical, medical; training/exercises required to prepare for and carry out such operations and other activities in direct support of such operations and activities. Also, activities of forces assigned to combatant commands to execute planned or contingent operations necessary for national security and all the pertinent support of such operations.. c. Explanation. Explain how your request supports one of the above activities. Do not simply say that it supports “Safety,” rather, explain how “safety” will be degraded if this requirement is not performed or provided. d. Time for Performance. Provide specific reasoning as to why this requirement cannot be delayed, relating to the excepted activity. In other words, “Does it have to be done today?” If so, why? e. Cost Estimate. Give an estimation of the amount of funds to be obligated now as opposed to the amount that would be obligated if full funding of the requirement was authorized. 3. Certification of Funding Data by Comptroller. a. Provide a statement as to the funds that would normally be used for the requirement to include Fiscal Year (FY), Type of Funds, and Dollar Amount, e.g., FY14, O&M,MC; PMC; RDT&E; and $11.5M. b. Certify that the funds cited on the order would normally serve a bona fide need arising, or existing, in the fiscal year or years for which the appropriation is available for obligation. c. Certify that the type of funding that would be provided is appropriate for the goods or services being acquired. d. Certify that funds will be obligated as soon as funding is provided. 4. Certify that: (A) The activity to be supported by this requirement is an excepted activity; (B) The purpose for which the obligation in advance of appropriation is in direct support of that excepted activity; (C) It was not feasible to obtain in advance sufficient funds to cover such necessities; and (D) the requirement cannot be delayed. DETERMINATIONA. This requirement is in direct support of an excepted activity.B. Funding would otherwise be available and appropriate for the acquisition.C. The acquisition would normally be appropriately made using proper contracting and funding procedures in a non-emergency situation..D. This requirement is immediately necessary to continue direct support of the excepted activity.APPROVALS(Typed Name and Title to be included below all signatures)Approved:_(Signature)______________________________________ (First Flag Officer in the Chain of Command ) Date Approved:_(Signature)_________________________________________ Comptroller Date Legally Sufficient:_(Signature)____________________________________ CL Counsel Date Approved:_(Signature)__________________________________________ Director, Contracting, Marine Corps Installations DateEast – MCB Lejeune ................
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