Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI)

Overview

The Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) module is a companion resource to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The PGI is a Web-based tool to simply and rapidly access guidance and information relevant to Federal Acquisition Regulation and DFARS topics.

The PGI is the result of the DFARS transformation chartered by the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. It contains both mandatory and non-mandatory internal DoD procedures, guidance, and supplemental information. This brief module will present basic information about PGI.

Definition

“Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI)” means a companion resource to the DFARS that—

(1) Contains mandatory internal DoD procedures. The DFARS will direct compliance with mandatory procedures using imperative language such as “Follow the procedures at...” or similar directive language;

(2) Contains non-mandatory internal DoD procedures and guidance and supplemental information to be used at the discretion of the contracting officer. The DFARS will point to non-mandatory procedures, guidance, and information using permissive language such as “The contracting officer may use...” or “Additional information is available at...” or other similar language;

(3) Is numbered similarly to the DFARS, except that each PGI numerical designation is preceded by the letters “PGI”; and

(4) Is available electronically at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html.