Can you use O&M funds for construction?
A. The FY 2004 NDAA, section 2808, as amended, currently authorizes use of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) funds for construction projects that meet a very specific set of criteria. Contingency Construction Authority can undergo significant authority or procedural changes when it is reauthorized in the annual NDAA.
What comprises the field level of DOD maintenance?
Field-level is comprised of both organizational maintenance, which includes inspections, servicing, handling, preventive and corrective maintenance, and Intermediate Maintenance, which includes assembly and disassembly beyond the capability of the organizational level.
Can O&M funds be used to purchase equipment?
Using O&M funds to acquire equipment items that exceed the designated threshold amount for the mandatory use of procurement funds could be a potential ADA violation. For instance, O&M funds are used to purchase a computer system when Other Procurement funds are required.
What is the bona fide need rule?
§ 1502(a), commonly referred to as the bona fide needs rule, which provides that fixed period appropriations are only available for the legitimate needs of the period of availability for which they were made. The bona fide needs rule applies to cost-reimbursement contracts, just as it does to other contract types.
What are the 4 levels of maintenance?
Four general types of maintenance philosophies can be identified, namely corrective, preventive, risk-based and condition-based maintenance.
What is operator level maintenance?
Operator maintenance is the lowest level of maintenance performed on the GSM. It is normally initiated with operator PMCS. PMCS is conducted before, during, and after operation as well as weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually in accordance with the appropriate GSM technical manuals.
What are O&M funds?
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) appropriations are used to finance “expenses” not related to military personnel or Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) efforts.
What is augmentation of fund?
“Budget augmentation” is a procedure for increasing appropriations of a fund with the express intent of. employing previously unbudgeted resources of the fund for carrying out the increased appropriations.
What is the DOD permitted to do with expired funds?
Expired funds are not available for new obligations. Both the obligated and unobligated balances of expired appropriations must be available for recording, adjusting, and liquidating obligations properly chargeable to that account.
