Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5000.74
January 5, 2016
Incorporating Change 1, October 5, 2017
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SUBJECT: Defense Acquisition of Services
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.01 (Reference
(a)), this instruction:
a. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction for the acquisition of
contracted services.
b. Establishes and implements a management structure for the acquisition of contracted
services.
c. Consistent with statutory and regulatory requirements for the acquisitions of services,
authorizes DoD Component decision authorities to tailor the procedures in this instruction to best
achieve cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
d. Uses a data collection system (Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation
(FPDS-NG)) to provide management information with regard to each purchase of services by a
DoD Component.
e. Incorporates and cancels Enclosure 9 of DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02, (Reference (b))
in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5000.01 (Reference (c)).
2. APPLICABILITY
a. This instruction applies to:
(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the “DoD
Components”).
