[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR321.3]

[Page 551-552]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 321_MAINTENANCE OF THE MOBILIZATION BASE (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 321.3  Maintaining the mobilization base.

    (a) Facilities selected to produce ``urgent'' items shall be 
maintained within limits of existing procurement authority and funds 
available by the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and 
the Maritime Administration in the following manners to the maximum 
practical degree:
    (1) Current procurement shall be placed in these facilities to the 
extent which will maintain them in a state of readiness compatible with 
the plans of the procuring agency.
    (2) Machine tools and production equipment will be installed in 
these facilities to the extent found necessary by the procuring agency.
    (3) Develop and maintain plans for alternate production capacity in 
case disaster destroys current facilities, such capacity to be located 
to the maximum extent possible away from highly concentrated industrial 
areas and major military installations.
    (b) Other facilities selected as part of the mobilization base, 
shall be maintained to the fullest extent possible.
    (1) Procurement agencies shall integrate current procurement with 
their industrial mobilization plans to the greatest possible extent with 
the objective of supporting the mobilization base within authorities and 
funds available.
    (2) Data assembled on essential mobilization suppliers by the 
industrial mobilization planning of these agencies shall be used in 
planning current procurement. The policy of using contractors and 
facilities essential to the mobilization base is considered to be in the 
best interest of the Government.
    (3) Planned producers that are deemed to be a part of the 
mobilization base will be invited to participate in appropriate current 
procurement.
    (4) Upon expiration of current procurement contracts in a facility, 
the procuring agency shall take such of the following actions as are 
compatible with its plans for maintaining a state of readiness:
    (i) Government-owned facilities and tools. Within the limitations 
that may be imposed by Congressional appropriations, place government-
owned facilities and tools in standby status and establish provisions 
for their adequate maintenance. This does not preclude the use of 
government-owned production equipment, on a loan basis, to enable the 
military departments to meet current production schedules, as provided 
in DMO-VII-4, Amendment 1.
    (ii) Privately-owned facilities and government-owned tools. (A) 
Arrange with management of privately-owned facilities, wherever 
possible, to place government-owned tools and production equipment in 
the status provided by DMO-VII-4, as amended, taking into

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account the desirability of safe location.
    (B) Arrange with management, on a voluntary basis, to keep a group 
of key managers, engineers, and skilled workers familiar with the items 
planned for mobilization production.
    (C) Determine the gaps which exist in government-owned packages of 
tools and production equipment needed to produce mobilization 
requirements in privately-owned plants. Within the limit of fund 
availability, plan the procurement of such tools and equipment with 
priority being given to long lead-time tools and equipment or those not 
used in general manufacturing. These tools and equipment, when procured, 
should be placed in the status provided by DMO-VII-4, as amended, taking 
into account the desirability of safe locations.
    (D) Determine which government-owned tools and equipment have become 
obsolete, or which would not be used in event of mobilization, and plan 
for their disposal in accordance with the provisions of DMO-VII-4, as 
amended.