DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 4200.7B
N8
16 Dec 2022
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 4200.7B
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: OPNAV REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BOARD AND CONTRACTING OFFICERS
REPRESENTATIVE WORKING GROUP
Ref: (a) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN (RD&A)) Memorandum “Department of the
Navy (DON) Contractual Services Guidance” of 29 September 2020
(b) DoDI 5000.74 of 10 January 2020
(c) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 26 May 2022
(d) Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), 15 January 2021
(e) Navy and Marine Corps Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NMCARS), 1
December 2020
(f) Title 10 United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 4501, Procurement of Contract
Services: Management Structure
(g) Title 10 United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 4506, Procurement of Contract
Services: Data Analysis and Requirements Evaluation
(h) SECNAVINST 5000.2G
Encl: (1) OPNAV Services Acquisition Guide
1. Purpose. To prescribe policy, responsibility and procedures to identify, review, validate,
prioritize and approve DON funded contractual services requirements for Office of Chief of
Naval Operations (OPNAV) areas of responsibility. The objectives are: to ensure valid
requirements are approved for services contracts; to identify unneeded or low priority
requirements that can be reduced or eliminated allowing savings transfer to higher priority
objectives; to ensure requirements seeking approval for acquisition are compliant with applicable
regulations, total force management policies and guidance; to mitigate duplicative requirements;
and to acquire services in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 4200.7A.
3. Scope and Applicability. This instruction applies to OPNAV Directorates for the
procurement of services required to meet their mission(s). This instruction does not modify,
delete or in any way relieve the submitting Directorates from complying with all applicable
acquisition laws, regulations, directives, policies, procedures, guidance and instructions
established in references (a) through (h). Unless otherwise specified herein, the provisions of
this instruction apply to all DON funded service requirements within OPNAV and service
contracts with a total acquisition value at or above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)
