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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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34 sections with “Procuring Contracting Officer”

  • DFARS 242.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ied contracts, negotiate or settle questioned direct costs in an incurred cost audit. The procuring contracting officer may delegate this authority to the contract administration office (CAO) only upon prior coordination and agreement with …
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    … Individual Subcontract Report (ISR) shall be submitted to the contracting officer at the procuring contracting office, even when contract administration has been delegated to the Defense Contract Management Agency. (ii) Submit the consoli…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ons, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor; or (6) A nondevelopmental item, if the procuring agency determines the product was developed exclusively at private expense and sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis, to mu…
  • FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
    …. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunicatio…
  • DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments.
    … result in an inability to perform the contract, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Procuring Contracting Officer in writing, with a copy to the Administrative Contracting Officer, and shall provide— (1) The total dollar amount of th…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …time of selection of the contractor or the award of a contract to that contractor, as the procuring contracting officer, the source selection authority, a member of a source selection evaluation board, or the chief of a financial or technic…
  • FAR 19.602-3 Resolving differences between the agency and the Small Business Administration.
    …with applicable SBA regulations. (2) SBA Headquarters will furnish written notice to the procuring agency's Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) or, for the Department of Defense, the Director of t…
  • DFARS 204.804 Closeout of contract files.
    …GI 204.804. The closeout date for file purposes shall be determined and documented by the procuring contracting officer. (2) The head of the contracting activity shall assign the highest priority to closeout of contracts awarded for perfor…
  • DFARS 250.103-3 Contract adjustment.
    (a) Contractor requests should be filed with the procuring contracting officer (PCO). However, if filing with the PCO is impractical, requests may be filed with an authorized representative, an administrative contracting officer, or the Off…
  • DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
    …served in DoD in one of the following positions: Program manager, deputy program manager, procuring contracting officer, administrative contracting officer, source selection authority, member of the source selection evaluation board, or chi…
  • DFARS 252.246-7003 Notification of Potential Safety Issues.
    …c) The Contractor— (1) Shall notify the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) and the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) as soon as practicable, but not later than 72 hours, after discovering or acquiring credible information concernin…
  • FAR 4.2102 Prohibition.
    …ment, systems, or services. (1) On or after August 13, 2019, agencies are prohibited from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunicatio…
  • FAR 6.304 Approval of the justification.
    …ract over $900,000 but not exceeding $20 million, by the advocate for competition for the procuring activity designated pursuant to 6.501 or an official described in paragraph (a)(3) or (4) of this section. This authority is not delegable. …
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …blishing a qualification requirement shall submit to the advocate for competition for the procuring activity responsible for purchasing the item subject to the qualification requirement, a determination that it is unreasonable to specify th…
  • FAR 13.501 Special documentation requirements.
    …n threshold in 2.101, but not exceeding $20 million, the advocate for competition for the procuring activity, designated pursuant to 6.501, or an official described in 6.304(a)(3) or (a)(4) must approve the justification and approval. This …
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …for services (see 37.102(a) and subpart 37.6). (4) The following requirements apply when procuring items peculiar to one manufacturer: (i) The contracting officer must justify restricting consideration to an item peculiar to one manufactu…
  • FAR 19.402 Small Business Administration procurement center representatives.
    … clearances required by the contracting agency. (2) If an SBA PCR is not assigned to the procuring activity or contract administration office, contact the SBA Office of Government Contracting Area Office serving the area in which the procu…
  • FAR 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
    …t are or can be made with recovered materials and must also recommend practices to assist procuring agencies in meeting their obligations. (c) Applicability. (1) This section applies to contract actions involving an EPA-designated item, if…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …emonstration Project for Contractors Employing Persons with Disabilities. (viii)(A) When procuring supplies or services, the contracting officer shall ensure Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) assessments of price risk and supplier ri…
  • FAR 4.2303 FASCSA orders.
    (a) Executive agencies are prohibited from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source, including contractor use of cove…
  • FAR 6.502 Duties and responsibilities.
    (a) Agency and procuring activity advocates for competition are responsible for— (1) Promoting the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services; (2) Promoting full and open competition; (3) Challenging requirements that are…
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    …able SBA procurement center representative (PCR), or if an SBA PCR is not assigned to the procuring activity, the SBA Office of Government Contracting Area Office serving the area in which the buying activity is located. (3) This notificat…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    … not exceeding $150 million), the justification must be approved by— (i) The head of the procuring activity placing the order; (ii) A designee who— (A) If a member of the armed forces, is a general or flag officer; or (B) If a civilian,…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …re forms of trafficking in persons during the period of performance of the contract; (2) Procuring commercial sex acts during the period of performance of the contract; (3) Using forced labor in the performance of the contract; (4) Destr…
  • FAR 23.107-2 Biobased products.
    …). (2) Agencies may use their own specifications or commercial product descriptions when procuring biobased products; however, the contract should specify that the biobased product is composed of the— (i) Highest percentage of biobased ma…
  • FAR 25.103 Exceptions.
    …ernment and nongovernment demand. (ii) Before acquisition of an article on the list, the procuring agency is responsible to conduct market research appropriate to the circumstances, including seeking of domestic sources. This applies to ac…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …en a protest is filed with the GAO, and an actual or prospective offeror so requests, the procuring agency shall, in accordance with any applicable protective orders, provide actual or prospective offerors reasonable access to the protest f…
  • FAR 36.303-1 Phase One.
    …paragraph (a)(4), the senior contracting official is the advocate for competition for the procuring activity, unless the agency designates a different position in agency procedures. The approval shall be documented in the contract file. (b…
  • FAR 39.101 Policy.
    …e or use of a covered application (“TikTok”). (h) Executive agencies are prohibited from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any covered article, or any products or services produced or provide…
  • DFARS 204.7106 Contract modifications.
    …ase the amount obligated— (i) There shall be coordination between the administrative and procuring contracting offices before issuance of the modification; and (ii) The contracting officer shall not issue the modification unless sufficien…
  • DFARS 204.7603 Procedures.
    …ARS clauses identified in the SPRS application, as appropriate. (b) Price risk. (1) When procuring a service or an end product identified by a material identifier that is available as described at PGI 204.7603, the contracting officer shal…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …rminations. The DoD cadre of experts is identified at PGI 215.404-1(b)(vii). (viii) When procuring a service or an end product identified by a material identifier that is available as described at PGI 204.7603, the contracting officer shal…
  • DFARS 217.7801 Prohibition.
    …scal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91), contracting officers shall not use reverse auctions when procuring items designated by the requiring activity as personal protective equipment or an aviation critical safety item, when the requiring activity…
  • DFARS 225.772-3 Procedures.
    …e for Acquisition and Sustainment or the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. (2) When procuring commercial satellite services from a foreign entity, the contracting officer shall review the exclusion records in the System for Award Mana…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.