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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 201: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 201.6

DFARS 201.603-3 Appointment.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section explains that appointment certificates issued under older defense procurement rules remain valid under the current FAR. It also allows agency heads to delegate certain purchase authority to DoD civilian employees and military members.

Applies to: DoD contracting officers and agency heads

Key terms: Certificates of Appointment · Armed Services Procurement Regulation · Defense Acquisition Regulation · purchase authority · agency heads

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Certificates of Appointment executed under the Armed Services Procurement Regulation or the Defense Acquisition Regulation have the same effect as if they had been issued under FAR.

(b) Agency heads may delegate the purchase authority in 213.301 to DoD civilian employees and members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Sections it refers to

  • 213.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.

Sections that refer to it

  • 213.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.

← 201.603-2 Selection. · 201.670 Appointment of property administrators and plant clearance officers. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 201

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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