scope:

Purpose.

To prescribe policy, responsibility and procedures to identify, review, validate, prioritize and approve Department of the Navy (DON) funded contractual services requirements for Office of Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) areas of responsibility. The objectives are: to ensure valid requirements are approved for procurements; to identify unneeded or low priority requirements that can be reduced or eliminated allowing savings transfer to higher priority objectives; to ensure requirements seeking approval for acquisition are compliant with applicable regulations, policies and guidance; to mitigate duplicative requirements; and to acquire services in the most efficient and effective manner possible.