Acquisition Letters:
Acquisition Letters (ALs) are issued under the authorities of the Senior Procurement Executives of DOE and NNSA. ALs are intended for use by procurement professionals of DOE and NNSA, primarily Contracting Officers, and other officials involved in the acquisition process. Only DOE and NNSA Contracting Officers make definitive interpretations of how ALs affect DOE and NNSA contracts and related procedures. ALs are effective upon issuance and until rescinded.
Chief Information Officer’s Supply Chain Risk Management Program
AL 2021-06
9/1/2021
What is the purpose of this AL?
The purpose of the AL is to provide guidance to DOE/NNSA Contracting Officer’s (COs) on the use of the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO) Supply Chain Risk Management Program (OCIO SCRM Program) in conducting Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related procurements. The OCIO SCRM Program is one aspect of an overall SCRM program intended to support the CO in their responsibility not to procure ICT end items determined to have an unacceptable risk to DOE/NNSA.