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ACQ-34 / Research, innovation and experimentation

Sell commercial access to designated DoD test ranges and facilities

Contract with commercial entities for commercial test/evaluation activity at a designated Major Range and Test Facility Installation, recovering costs.

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Authority / instrument · ACQ-34

Test infrastructure

Research, innovation and experimentation

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; installation commander may receive specified indirect-cost delegation

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Must allow immediate termination/prohibition/suspension for public health/safety, property, national-security or foreign-policy detriment.

Recorded executor

Range contracting office and test workforce

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedCollected reimbursements credited to accounts that incurred cost. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRelated evidenceWSMR currently documents reimbursable commercial testing. Its older detailed customer-process page now returns HTTP 404 but remains indexed; current G-5 assignment and scheduling must be verified. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolACQ-34 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. §4175

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; installation commander may receive specified indirect-cost delegation

Other statutory tools

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · process documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

WSMR currently documents reimbursable commercial testing. Its older detailed customer-process page now returns HTTP 404 but remains indexed; current G-5 assignment and scheduling must be verified.

White Sands Missile Range private-industry testing

Who this route serves
Private-industry test customers; separate routes for government and international customers
Administering office / routing lead
White Sands Missile Range customer/test sponsorship process; current G-5 assignment must be verified
Related process

White Sands is a documented commercial-test entry point relevant to the record. The public process page does not identify section 4175 as the authority for every agreement; confirm the selected legal vehicle with the range.

What this evidence label means
Commercial testing documented; detailed routing partly historical

Current WSMR pages describe reimbursable commercial testing. The detailed G-5 page returned HTTP 404; indexed text is historical evidence, not verification of a current contact or an open test slot.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

WSMR resource management — reimbursable test customers · Budget Division: Reimbursable Focus; customer funding-document lifecycleofficial program guidance · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

  • The indexed historical process asks for a scope of work or quotation request, a support/cost estimate and a designated test sponsor. The original URL now returns404; confirm current routing before relying on its G-5 assignment.

    White Sands private-industry customer process · Private Industry; Customer Handbookhistorical official process; indexed access · Evidence record

  • The current resource-management description identifies commercial/private test-customer funding and review, validation and processing of incoming funding documents; it does not publish a universal rate or booking calendar.

    WSMR resource management — reimbursable test customers · Budget Division: Reimbursable Focus; customer funding-document lifecycleofficial program guidance · Evidence record
Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • Reimbursable test services · Test-specific estimate

    The current installation page describes testing as reimbursable; this is customer-paid access, not a production purchase or grant.

    White Sands current mission and contact page · Quick Facts; Testing Business Development contactofficial program guidance · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

White Sands private-industry customer process · Private Industry; Customer Handbookhistorical official process; indexed access · Evidence record

WSMR current mission and institutional contact page →

institutional information: Identify current test-customer routing; not a procurement bid or verified booking portal.

Source access and verification notes
  • White Sands private-industry customer process · Private Industry; Customer Handbookhistorical official process; indexed access · Evidence record

    Indexed primary text reviewed; direct HTTP returned404 onOctober4,2026. No exact current replacement located. Automated direct retrieval returned HTTP 404 on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

Research scope and sources checked

Rechecked the oldG-5URL (404), indexed historical instructions, live WSMR homepage and resource-management page (HTTP200). The live /unitstenants/white-sands-test-center page contains legacy2014MICC/FBO material and was not treated as an equivalent commercial-test process replacement.

What remains unverified

  • Current rates, available dates, security/export restrictions and the agreement’s specific legal authority require range confirmation.
  • Current G-5/customer representative assignment and a live detailed replacement for the archived process were not verified; use current institutional routing to confirm.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Designated installation and compatible commercial test activity.
  • Recover all direct costs; indirect costs as Secretary determines appropriate.

Limits & exclusions

  • Contract must allow immediate termination/prohibition/suspension for public health/safety, property, national-security or foreign-policy detriment.

Funding conditions

  • Collected reimbursements credited to accounts that incurred cost.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Commercial user and range commander

Resources

  • Range/test installation operating accounts

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense/authorized contracting official; commander for delegated indirect-cost judgment
    Office profile

Execution

  • Range contracting office and test workforce

Partners & review

  • Commercial customer; safety/security/range scheduling officials

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Customer → range planning/safety/security → cost and availability determination → contract → test and reimbursement.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedCollected reimbursements credited to accounts that incurred cost. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRelated evidenceWSMR currently documents reimbursable commercial testing. Its older detailed customer-process page now returns HTTP 404 but remains indexed; current G-5 assignment and scheduling must be verified. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on express authority and cited conditions; execution assignment is illustrative unless statute expressly names it.

Currentness: GovInfo 2024 Code (includes FY2025 NDAA, P.L. 118-159) read in full for cited provision; targeted FY2026 NDAA P.L. 119-60 amendment/repeal sweep. No claim of complete legislative currency through 2026-10-02; remaining 2026 delta needs counsel validation.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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