Overview

COR Information

JAM/SPM Link
JAM Training Slides

DoD COR Certification Types
See DODI 5000.72 DOD Standard for COR Certification here

COR Type A	COR Type B	COR Type C
Fixed-price contracts without incentives and low performance risk.	Fixed-price contracts with incentives; fixed-price contracts with other than low performance risk; and other than fixed-price contracts. This includes everything other than Types A and C.	Unique contract requirements that necessitate the COR have a higher education or specialized training beyond the Type B requirements.
Attributes of such requirements might include: Lack of technical or administrative complexity No identifiable risk factors Limited requirement for technical expertise Low likelihood of modification Effort is a follow-on to an existing contract	Attributes of such requirements might include Contract complexity or performance risk Effort will be performed in multiple regions or remote geographic locations The need for increased surveillance Magnitude of the requirement The contract contains incentive arrangements or cost sharing provisions The contract is cost-type of T&M or LH type, or FP LOE	Attributes of such requirements might include: Environmental remediation Major weapons systems Medical or dental or veterinarian services, etc.
COR responsibilities are generally limited to minimal technical and administrative contract surveillance.	COR responsibilities are of increased complexity.	COR responsibilities are of increased complexity.

Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)
DoD CPAR Evaluation Dollar Thresholds
(See USAMRAA PAN 21-02 - Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System Guidance for Contracting Officer Representatives)

CPARS Training

Business Sector		Dollar Threshold
Systems		$5,000,000
Non-Systems
Science and Technology		$1,000,000 for Budget Activity 6.4 and over
Operations Support		$5,000,000
Services		$1,000,000
Information Technology		$1,000,000
Science and Technology		Not required but encouraged at > $1,000,000 for Budget Accounts 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3

***NOTE: CONTRACTS USING 6.1 BASIC RESEARCH, 6.2 APPLIED RESEARCH, AND 6.3 ADVANCED TECH OLOGY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE ENTERED INTO CPARS.

Unauthorized Commitments (UC) video (13:08 minutes in length): Training Video

Video Description: This video provides Government personnel the definition of UCs, describes how UCs can occur, discusses how UCs can be avoided, how MEDCOM tracks UCs, and describes the process for ratifying UCs.

Unauthorized Commitments - See USAMRAA PAN 20-04 Guidance on Processing Unauthorized Commitments

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