{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-1034.004","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 1034.004","heading":"1034.004 Acquisition strategy.","body":"(a) A program manager's acquisition strategy written at the system or investment level in accordance with FAR 7.103(e) shall include at a minimum:\n(1) The relationship of each individual acquisition (Contract, Delivery Order, Task Order, or Interagency Agreement) to the overall investment requirements and management structure;\n(2) What work is being performed in-house (by government personnel) versus contracted out for the investment;\n(3) A description of the effort, by acquisition, and the plans to include required clauses in the acquisitions;\n(4) A timetable of major acquisition award and administration activities, including plans for contract transitions;\n(5) An investment/system surveillance plan;\n(6) Financial and human resource requirements to manage the acquisition processes through the investment lifecycle;\n(7) Consideration of optimal contract types, including considerations of performance based approaches, small business utilization, Section 508, etc.; and\n(8) Assurances that the acquisition strategy section and supporting acquisition plans will maximize competition, including enabling downstream competition through avoidance of vendor “lock in”.\n(b) The acquisition strategy shall be approved by a chartered interdisciplinary acquisition team that includes a representative of the procurement organization designated in accordance with bureau procedures.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 10—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER F—SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING","PART 1034—MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION","Subpart 34.0—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"b4e949ad092ca70fbb5d2d7fbeaf836b1bdbe84ce6f46e872c061a109905ba4f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-1034.001","next":"us/48-cfr-1036.602-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}