scope:

Purpose

a. To revise previously established policy, procedures, and responsibilities for use by Navy activities engaged in commercial activities.

b. To amplify the guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget in reference (a) and the Department of Defense in reference (b). It provides program guidance for the Navy's Commercial Activities Program.

c. To provide guidance and procedures for determining whether recurring commercial activities will be performed by agency operations using Navy facilities and civilian employees or military personnel, or under contracts or agreements with commercial sources.

d. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.

Applicability.

This instruction applies to all U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve organizations that perform commercial activities.

a. The Navy's Commercial Activities Program is a component of the Strategic Sourcing Program, including the consolidation, restructuring or reengineering of activities, privatization options, make or buy decisions, the adoption of better business management practices, and the termination of services or programs. In the context of Navy's reinvention efforts, the A-76 portion is focused on the competition of commercial activities.

b. Provisions of this instruction apply to all Navy activities and all competitions conducted under reference (a). Competitions conducted under the OMB Circular A-76 Revised Supplemental Handbook, March 1996, will to comply with this instruction.

c. Implementation of these procedures outside the United States, its territories and possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico must be adapted to local law and treaties.