The Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Manual (HSAM) is issued by the Acquisition Policy and Legislation Branch within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO). The HSAM establishes for the Department of Homeland Security uniform department-wide acquisition policy and procedures, which implement or supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR), and other agency regulations and statutory requirements. This page provides access to the current version of the HSAM. Expand each HSAM chapter below to navigate and download individual subchapter PDFs.
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Chapter 3001 - Federal Acquisition Regulation System
- Subchapter 3001.1 - Purpose, Authority, Issuance
- Subchapter 3001.2 - Administration
- Subchapter 3001.3 - Agency Acquisition Regulations
- Subchapter 3001.4 - Deviations from the FAR, HSAR, HSAM
- Subchapter 3001.6 - Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities
Chapter 3002 - Definition of Words and Terms
- Subchapter 3002.1 - Definitions
Chapter 3003 - Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest
- Subchapter 3003.1 - Safeguards
- Subchapter 3003.6 - Contracts with Government Employees or Organizations, Owned or Controlled by Them
- Subchapter 3003.7 - Voiding and Rescinding Contracts
- Subchapter 3003.9 - Whistleblower Protections for Contractor Employees
- Subchapter 3003.10 - Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
Chapter 3004 - Administrative Matters
- Subchapter 3004.1 - Contract Execution
- Subchapter 3004.2 - Contract Distribution
- Subchapter 3004.4 - Safeguarding Classified and Controlled Unclassified Information Within Industry
- Subchapter 3004.5 - Electronic Commerce in Contracting
- Subchapter 3004.6 - Contract Reporting
- Subchapter 3004.8 - Government Contract Files
- Subchapter 3004.9 - Taxpayer Identification Number Information
- Subchapter 3004.11 - System for Award Management
- Subchapter 3004.13 - Personal Identity Verification
- Subchapter 3004.15 - Reserved
- Subchapter 3004.16 - Unique Procurement Instrument Identifiers
- Subchapter 3004.23 - Federal Acquisition Security
- Subchapter 3004.70 - Review and Approval of Proposed Contract Actions
- Subchapter 3004.71 - Contents of a Procurement Request Package
Chapter 3005 - Publicizing Contract Actions
- Subchapter 3005.000 - Scope
- Subchapter 3005.1 - Dissemination of Information
- Subchapter 3005.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions
- Subchapter 3005.3 - Synopses of Contract Awards
- Subchapter 3005.4 - Release of Information
- Subchapter 3005.5 - Paid Advertisements
Chapter 3006 - Competition Requirements
- Subchapter 3006.1 - Full and Open Competition
- Subchapter 3006.3 - Other than Full and Open Competition
- Subchapter 3006.5 - Advocates for Competition
Chapter 3007 - Acquisition Planning
- Subchapter 3007.1 - Acquisition Plans
- Subchapter 3007.2 - Planning for the Purchase of Supplies in Economic Quantities
- Subchapter 3007.4 - Equipment Lease or Purchase
- Subchapter 3007.5 - Inherently Governmental Functions
Chapter 3008 - Required Sources of Supplies and Services
- Subchapter 3008.000 - Scope of part
- Subchapter 3008.4 - Federal Supply Schedules
- Subchapter 3008.8 - Acquisition of Printing and Related Supplies
- Subchapter 3008.11 - Leasing of Motor Vehicles
- Subchapter 3008.90 - Purchase of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 3009 - Contractor Qualifications
- Subchapter 3009.1 - Responsible Prospective Contractors
- Subchapter 3009.2 - Qualification Requirements
- Subchapter 3009.3 - First Article Testing and Approval
- Subchapter 3009.4 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility
- Subchapter 3009.5 - Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 3010 - Market Research
- Subchapter 3010.000 - Scope of part
Chapter 3011 - Describing Agency Needs
- Subchapter 3011.1 - Selecting and developing requirement documents
- Subchapter 3011.2 - Using and Maintaining Requirements
- Subchapter 3011.6 - Priorities and Allocations
Chapter 3012 - Acquisition of Commercial Items
- Subchapter 3012.1 - Acquisition of Commercial items-General
- Subchapter 3012.2 - Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services
- Subchapter 3012.3 - Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items
- Subchapter 3012.4 - Unique Requirements Regarding Terms and Conditions for Commercial Items
Chapter 3013 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures
- Subchapter 3013.1 - Procedures
- Subchapter 3013.2 - Actions At or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold
- Subchapter 3013.3 - Simplified Acquisition Methods
- Subchapter 3013.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items
- Subchapter 3014.1 - Use of Sealed Bidding
- Subchapter 3014.2 - Solicitation of Bids
- Subchapter 3014.4 - Opening Bids and Award of Contract
Chapter 3015 - Contracting by Negotiation
- Subchapter 3015.2 - Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information
- Subchapter 3015.3 - Source Selection
- Subchapter 3015.4 - Contract Pricing
- Subchapter 3015.5 - Preaward, Award, and Postaward Notifications, Protests, and Mistakes
- Subchapter 3015.6 - Unsolicited Proposals
Chapter 3016 - Types of Contracts
- Subchapter 3016.1 - Selecting Contract Types
- Subchapter 3016.4 - Incentive Contracts
- Subchapter 3016.5 - Indefinite-Delivery Contracts
- Subchapter 3016.6 - Time-and-Materials, Labor-hour, and Letter Contracts
Chapter 3017 - Special Contracting Methods
- Subchapter 3017.1 - Multi-Year Contracting
- Subchapter 3017.2 - Options
- Subchapter 3017.5 - Interagency Acquisitions
- Subchapter 3017.7 - Interagency Acquisitions: Acquisitions by Nondefense Agencies on Behalf of the Department of Defense
- Subchapter 3017.70 - Intra-Agency Acquisitions
- Subchapter 3017.71 - Requirements for Acquisitions Involving Strategically Sourced Commodities
- Subchapter 3017.72 - Reverse Auctions
Chapter 3018 - Emergency Acquisitions
- Subchapter 3018.2 - Emergency Acquisition Flexibilities
Chapter 3019 - Small Business Programs
- Subchapter 3019.2 - Policies
- Subchapter 3019.5 - Set-aside for Small Business
- Subchapter 3019.6 - Certificates of Competency and Determinations of Responsibility
- Subchapter 3019.7 - The Small Business Subcontracting Program
- Subchapter 3019.8 - Contracting with the Small Business Administration (The 8(a) Program)
Chapter 3022 - Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions
- Subchapter 3022 - Scope
- Subchapter 3022.1 - Basic Labor Policies
- Subchapter 3022.3 - Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards
- Subchapter 3022.4 - Labor Standards for Contracts Involving Construction
- Subchapter 3022.6 - Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment Exceeding $15,000
- Subchapter 3022.8 - Equal Employment Opportunity
- Subchapter 3022.10 - Service Contract Labor Standards
- Subchapter 3022.13 - Equal Opportunity for Veterans
- Subchapter 3022.14 - Employment of Workers with Disabilities
- Subchapter 3022.15 - Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor
- Subchapter 3023.2 - Energy and Water Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Subchapter 3023.4 - Use of Recovered Materials and Biobased Products
- Subchapter 3023.7 - Contracting for Environmentally Preferable Products and Services
Chapter 3025 - Foreign Acquisition
- Subchapter 3025.1 - Buy American--Supplies
- Subchapter 3025.2 - Buy American-Construction Materials
- Subchapter 3025.4 - Trade Agreements
- Subchapter 3025.10 - Additional Foreign Acquisition Regulations
- Subchapter 3025.11 - Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses
- Subchapter 3025.70 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Restrictions on Foreign Acquisition
- Subchapter 3025.71 – Make PPE in America Act Restrictions of Foreign Acquisition
Chapter 3026 - Other Socioeconomic Programs
- Subchapter 3026.2 - Disaster or Emergency Assistance Activities
Chapter 3027 - Patents, Data, and Copyrights
- Subchapter 3027.2 - Patents and Copyrights
- Subchapter 3027.3 - Patent Rights Under Government Contracts
Chapter 3028 - Bonds and Insurance
- Subchapter 3028.1 - Bonds and Other Financial Protections
- Subchapter 3028.2 - Sureties and Other Security for Bonds
- Subchapter 3028.3 - Insurance
- Subchapter 3029.1 - General
- Subchapter 3029.3 - State and Local Taxes
Chapter 3030 - Cost Accounting Standards Administration
- Subchapter 3030.2 - CAS Program Requirements
Chapter 3031 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
- Subchapter 3031.1 - Applicability
- Subchapter 3031.2 - Contracts with Commercial Organizations
Chapter 3032 - Contract Financing
- Subchapter 3032.000 - Scope
- Subchapter 3032.1 - Non-Commercial Item Purchase Financing
- Subchapter 3032.2 - Commercial item Purchase Financing
- Subchapter 3032.4 - Advance Payments f or Non-Commercial Items
- Subchapter 3032.5 - Progress Payments Based On Costs
- Subchapter 3032.6 - Contract Debts
- Subchapter 3032.7 - Contract Funding
- Subchapter 3032.8 - Assignment of Claims
- Subchapter 3032.9 - Prompt Payment
- Subchapter 3032.11 - Electronic Funds Transfer
- Subchapter 3032.70 - Contract Payments
Chapter 3033 - Protests, Disputes, and Appeals
- Subchapter 3033.1 - Protests
- Subchapter 3033.2 - Disputes and Appeals
Chapter 3034 - Major System Acquisition
- Subchapter 3034.0 - General
- Subchapter 3034.2 - Earned Value Management System
Chapter 3035 - Research and Development Contracting
- Subchapter 3035.0 - Scope
Chapter 3036 Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts
- Subchapter 3036.2 - Special Aspects of Contracting for Construction
- Subchapter 3036.6 - Architect-Engineer Services
Chapter 3037 - Service Contracting
- Subchapter 3037.1 - Service Contracts-General
- Subchapter 3037.2 - Advisory and Assistance Services
- Subchapter 3037.5 - Management Oversight of Service Contracts
- Subchapter 3037.6 - Performance-Based Acquisition
Chapter 3039 - Acquisition of Information Technology
- Subchapter 3039.1 - General
- Subchapter 3039.2 Information and Communication Technology
Chapter 3041 - Acquisition of Utility Services
- Subchapter 3041.1 - General
- Subchapter 3041.2 - Acquiring Utility Services
- Subchapter 3041.5 - Solicitation Provision and Contract Clauses
Chapter 3042 - Contract Administration and Audit Services
- Subchapter 3042.002 - Interagency agreements
- Subchapter 3042.1 - Contract Audit Services
- Subchapter 3042.2 - Contract Administration Services
- Subchapter 3042.270 - Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)
- Subchapter 3042.3 - Contract Administration Office Functions
- Subchapter 3042.5 - Postaward Orientation
- Subchapter 3042.6 - Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer
- Subchapter 3042.7 - Indirect Cost Rates
- Subchapter 3042.8 - Disallowance of Costs
- Subchapter 3042.15 - Contractor Performance Information
Chapter 3043 - Contract Modifications
- Subchapter 3043.2 - Change Orders
- Subchapter 3043.70 - Undefinitized Contract Actions
Chapter 3044 - Subcontracting Policies and Procedures
- Subchapter 3044.3 - Contractors' Purchasing Systems Reviews
Chapter 3045 - Government Property
- Subchapter 3045.1 - General
- Subchapter 3045.3 - Authorizing the Use and Rental of Government Property
- Subchapter 3045.6 - Reporting, Redistribution, and Disposal
Chapter 3046 - Quality Assurance
- Subchapter 3046.3 - Contract Clauses
- Subchapter 3046.4 - Government Contract Quality Assurance
- Subchapter 3046.6 - Material Inspection and Receiving Reports
- Subchapter 3046.7 - Warranties
- Subchapter 3046.790 - Use of warranties in major systems acquisitions by the Unites States Coast Guard (USCG)
- Subchapter 3047.1 - General
- Subchapter 3047.2 - Contracts for Transportation or for Transportation-Related Services
- Subchapter 3047.5 - Ocean Transportation by U.S. - Flag Vessels
Chapter 3048 - Value Engineering
- Subchapter 3048.001 - Definitions
- Subchapter 3048.1 - Policies and Procedures
- Subchapter 3048.2 - Contract clauses
- Subchapter 3048.70 - Annual Value Engineering Report
Chapter 3049 - Termination of Contracts
- Subchapter 3049.1 - General Principles
- Subchapter 3049.4 - Termination for Default
Chapter 3050 - Extraordinary Contractual Actions
- Subchapter 3050.1 - Extraordinary Contract Actions
- Subchapter 3053.1 - General
- Subchapter 3053.2 - Prescription of Forms
- Appendix A Heads of the Contracting Activities
- Appendix B Reporting Requirements
- Appendix C Review and Approval Matrix
- Appendix D Congressional Notification Requirements
- Appendix E Contract Award Notice Requirements
- Appendix F Designation Memorandum for Procuring Activity Advocate for Competition Template
- Appendix G Individual or Class Checklist for Sensitive Information
- Appendix H Acquisition Planning Forecast System and Small Business Review Form Requirements Matrix
- Appendix I Approval of an Intra-Agency Assisted Acquisition Template
- Appendix J Structured Approach for Profit or Fee Objective
- Appendix K Unsolicited Proposals and Procedures
- Appendix L Determination to Award a Task Or Delivery Order Contract to a Single Source
- Appendix L Determination to Make a Single Award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
- Appendix M Determination and Findings - Time & Materials, Labor Hour
- Appendix N Determination and Findings - Overtime Approval
- Appendix O Semi-Annual Labor Compliance Report
- Appendix P Department of Labor Sample Letter
- Appendix Q DHS Affirmative Procurement Plan (APP)
- Appendix R Determination and Findings - Authority to Make Progress Payments
- Appendix S Payment Approval Template
- Appendix T Checklist for Private Sector Temporary Personnel
- Appendix U Memorandum of Understanding - DCAA and DHS
- Appendix V Determination and Findings - Authority to Enter into an Interagency Acquisition Under the Economy Act
- Appendix W Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), Nomination and Appointment Correspondence
- Appendix X Partnership Agreement Between U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Appendix Y Determination and Findings - Authority to Award an Award Fee Contract
- Appendix Z DHS Acquisition Plan Template
- Appendix AA Template for Individual or Class Determination and Findings (D&F) for Domestic Nonavailability Exceptions to the Buy American Act
- Appendix AB Demand for Payment Letter Template
- Appendix AC Template for Report of Planned Construction Requirements
- Appendix AD Template for Notice of Pending Termination
- Appendix AE Template for Individual or Class Determination and Findings (D&F) for Domestic Nonavailability Exceptions to the Kissell Amendment
- Appendix AF Template Memorandum Component Certification When Conducting Procurements on Behalf of the Department of Defense
- Appendix AG Template for Individual or Class Determination and Findings (D&F) for Domestic Nonavailability Exceptions to the Make PPE in America Act
- Appendix AH Template for Individual or Class Determination and Findings (D&F) for Unreasonable Cost Exceptions to the Make PPE in America Act
- Appendix AG Template for Individual or Class Determination and Findings (D&F) for Domestic Nonavailability Exceptions to the Make PPE in America Act
- Appendix AH Template for Individual or Class Determination and Findings (D&F) for Unreasonable Cost Exceptions to the Make PPE in America Act