FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 201: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 201.6
DFARS 201.670 Appointment of property administrators and plant clearance officers.
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 says that the appropriate agency authority must appoint or terminate property administrators and plant clearance officers in writing. When appointing them, the authority must consider factors like experience, training, education, business acumen, judgment, character, and ethics. It matters to contractors because these officials handle property administration and plant clearance matters that can affect government property in a contractor's possession.
Applies to: Agency appointing authorities and the property administrators and plant clearance officers they appoint
What it requires
- Appoint or terminate property administrators and plant clearance officers in writing
- Consider experience, training, education, business acumen, judgment, character, and ethics when appointing qualified property administrators and plant clearance officers
Key terms: property administrators · plant clearance officers · appointing authority · agency authority
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The text
(a) The appropriate agency authority shall appoint or terminate (in writing) property administrators and plant clearance officers.
(b) In appointing qualified property administrators and plant clearance officers, the appointing authority shall consider experience, training, education, business acumen, judgment, character, and ethics.
Rule changes for DFARS Part 201
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-09-26 · effective 2024-10-01
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-29 · effective 2024-07-29
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.