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Management and Professional Support Services—Contractual services that provide assistance,
advice or training for the efficient and effective management and operation of organizations,
activities (including management and support services for R&D activities), or systems. These
services are normally closely related to the basic responsibilities and mission of the agency
originating the requirement for the acquisition of services by contract. Included are efforts that
support or contribute to improved organization of program management, logistics management,
project monitoring and reporting, data collection, budgeting, accounting, performance auditing,
and administrative technical support for conferences and training programs.
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPR)—The primary document used by the
Department of Defense to order goods or services from other DoD Services or Components, as
well as other Government activities outside the DoD. The goods or services may be provided from
in-house resources or may be procured from commercial sources.
MIPR Package—All documents listed in Attachment 3, Checklist for DD Form 448 and
Requirements Package Review (including the checklist), Attachment 7, Interagency Acquisition
Determination Document & Economy Act Determination and Findings Example Texts; and
Attachment 9, , EXAMPLE—DD FORM 448-2, Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
(MIPR) Acceptance.
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPR) Acceptance—. Once a performing
agency receives a MIPR, it must formally accept or reject the order represented by the MIPR.
Agencies accept the order by completing the DD Form 448-2 or other documented evidence of
acceptance and returning it to the requiring unit within 30 days to the Program Manager.
Non—Defense Agency Compliance Certification. A nondefense agency is compliant with
applicable procurement requirements if the procurement policies, procedures, and internal controls
of the nondefense agency applicable to the procurement of supplies and services on behalf of DoD,
and the manner in which they are administered, are adequate to ensure the compliance of the
nondefense department or agency with-
(1)—The Federal Acquisition Regulation and other laws and regulations that apply to
procurements of supplies and services by Federal agencies; and
(2)-—Laws and regulations that apply to procurements of supplies and services made by DoD
through other Federal agencies, including DoD financial management regulations, the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), DoD class deviations, and the DFARS
Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI). (The DFARS, DoD class deviations, and PGI are
accessible at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars).
Non-Economy Act orders—Intra-governmental support, where a DoD activity needing goods
and services (requesting DoD agency/customer) obtains them from a Non-DoD agency
(assisting/servicing agency/performer) using some specific statutory authority other than the
Economy Act to place an order with a Non-DoD agency for goods or services, and to pay the
associated cost.
Non—severable—A deliverable item that is a single end product or undertaking, entire in nature
that cannot be feasibly subdivided without losing its identity. A non-severable service is one that
goes toward a defined end result. For example, a contract to re-carpet or paint an office is non-
severable—the customer needs the whole thing done, i.e., the end result of the service. Also,
performance of a research study with a final report would be a non-severable service.