Sec. 803. Head of Contracting Authority for Strategic Capabilities Office
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The Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office shall have the authority to conduct acquisition activities within the Strategic Capabilities Office. – The staff of the Director shall include an acquisition executive, who shall be responsible for the overall supervision of acquisition matters for the Strategic Capabilities Office. The acquisition executive shall have the authority— to negotiate memoranda of agreement with the military departments and Department of Defense components to carry out the acquisition of equipment, capabilities, and services on behalf of the Office; to supervise the acquisition of equipment, capabilities, and services on behalf of the Office; to represent the Office in discussions with the military departments regarding acquisition programs for which the Office is a customer; and to work with the military departments to ensure that the Office is appropriately represented in any joint working group or integrated product team regarding acquisition programs for which the Office is a customer.
The acquisition executive of the Strategic Capabilities Office shall be— responsible to the Director for rapidly delivering acquisition solutions to meet validated cyber operations-peculiar requirements; subordinate to the defense acquisition executive in matters of acquisition; subject to the same oversight as the service acquisition executives; and included on the distribution list for acquisition directives and instructions of the Department of Defense. The authority granted in subsection
(a)shall become effective 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees a plan for implementation of those authorities under subsection (a). The plan shall include the following: Summaries of the components to be negotiated in the memoranda of agreement with the military departments and other Department of Defense components to carry out the development, acquisition, and sustainment of equipment, capabilities, and services described in subsection (b)(1). Negotiation and approval timelines for memorandum of agreement. A plan for oversight of the acquisition executive established under subsection (b). An assessment of the acquisition workforce needs of the Strategic Capabilities Office to support the authority provided under subsection
(a)until 2028. Other matters as appropriate. Each year, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall review and assess the acquisition activities of the Strategic Capabilities Office, including contracting and acquisition documentation, for the previous fiscal year and provide any recommendations or feedback to the acquisition executive of the Strategic Capabilities Office. The authority provided under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2028. The authority under this section does not include major defense acquisition programs, major automated information system programs, or acquisitions of foundational infrastructure or software architectures the duration of which is expected to last more than five years.