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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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29 sections with “cognizant administrative contracting officer”

  • FAR 19.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    The administrative contracting officer is responsible for assisting in evaluating subcontracting plans, and for monitoring, evaluating, and documenting contractor performance under the clause prescribed in 19.708(b) and any subcontracting p…
  • DFARS 219.706 Responsibilities of the cognizant administrative contracting officer.
    (a)(i) The contract administration office also is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and approving master subcontracting plans. (ii) The small business specialist supports the administrative contracting officer in evaluating a contract…
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    …ty. Contracting officer determination shall be used for the following, with the indicated cognizant contracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) responsible for establishing the final indirect cost rates: (1) Business units o…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    …h plan, or a determination that there is no requirement for a subcontracting plan, to the cognizant contract administration office. (f) Monitor the prime contractor's compliance with its subcontracting plan, to include the following: (1) …
  • FAR 52.230-1 Cost Accounting Standards Notices and Certification.
    …the Disclosure Statement have been submitted as follows: (i) original and one copy to the cognizant Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) or cognizant Federal agency official authorized to act in that capacity (Federal official), as appl…
  • DFARS 219.7103-2 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …velopmental assistance costs if— (1) A DoD program manager or the Director, OSBP, of the cognizant military department or defense agency has made funds available for that purpose; and (2) The contractor has an approved mentor-protégé agre…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    …n audit of projected restructuring costs and restructuring savings is performed; (3) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO) reviews the audit report and the projected costs and projected savings, and negotiates an advance a…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …teria in section 831(g)(4) of Public Law 101-510. (d) The master plan is approved by the cognizant contract administration activity for the Contractor. (e) In those subcontracting plans which specifically identify small businesses, the Co…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …ect of an advance agreement under the provisions of 31.109 between the contractor and the cognizant administrative contracting officer or Federal official. The advance agreement should specify the basic characteristics of the sampling proce…
  • FAR 42.705-2 Auditor determination procedure.
    (a) Applicability and responsibility. (1) The cognizant Government auditor shall establish final indirect cost rates for business units not covered in 42.705-1(a). (2) In addition, auditor determination may be used for business units that …
  • FAR 4.201 Procedures.
    … but contains a Cost Accounting Standards clause, provide one copy of the contract to the cognizant administrative contracting officer and mark the copy “FOR COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION ONLY” (see 30.601(b)); (e) Provide one c…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …ing officer should take the following actions: (1) Obtain information available from the cognizant contract administration office, as provided for in 19.706(a), and evaluate the offeror's past performance in awarding subcontracts for the s…
  • FAR 42.1701 Procedures.
    …d only with contractors having a significant volume of Government contract proposals. The cognizant contract administration agency shall determine whether an FPRA will be established. (b) The ACO shall obtain the contractor's forward prici…
  • DFARS 219.702-70 Statutory requirements for the Test Program for Negotiation of Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plans.
    …utes clause. The contracting officer shall distribute a copy of the final decision to all cognizant contracting officers for the contracts covered under the plan. (e) Liquidated damages. The amount of liquidated damages shall be the amount…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …s, or all the contracts of a contracting office, an agency, or several agencies. (e) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO), or other contracting officer established in part 42, shall negotiate advance agreements except tha…
  • FAR 31.205-47 Costs related to legal and other proceedings.
    … or subcontract; or (2) As a result of compliance with specific written direction of the cognizant contracting officer. (e) Costs incurred in connection with proceedings described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, but which are not mad…
  • FAR 44.202-1 Responsibilities.
    (a) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO) is responsible for consent to subcontracts, except when the contracting officer retains the contract for administration or withholds the consent responsibility from delegation to th…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …shall submit an adequate final indirect cost rate proposal to the Contracting Officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) and auditor within the 6-month period following the expiration of each of its fiscal years. Reasonable extensions, …
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …cer's determination of price reasonableness. The contracting officer may consult with the cognizant administrative contracting officers (ACOs) as they may have information about pending sales. (C) Volume and completeness of transaction dat…
  • DFARS 231.303 Requirements.
    …e same limitation is not applied to other organizations performing similar work. (2) The cognizant administrative contracting officer may waive the prohibition in 231.303(1) if the governing body of the institution of higher education requ…
  • DFARS 242.771-3 Responsibilities.
    (a) The cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO) or corporate ACO shall determine cost allowability of IR&D costs and bid and proposal (B&P) costs as set forth in 231.205-18 and FAR 31.205-18. (b) The Defense Contract Audit Agenc…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …cept those in paragraphs (a)(5), (a)(9), (a)(11), and (a)(12) of this section, unless the cognizant Federal agency (see 2.101) has designated the contracting officer to perform these functions. (1) Review the contractor's compensation stru…
  • FAR 46.407 Nonconforming supplies or services.
    …ment considered appropriate, including any adjustment offered by the contractor. (2) The cognizant contract administration office, or other Government activity directly involved, must, furnish this data to the contracting officer in writin…
  • DFARS 242.7203 Review procedures.
    …t there are no remaining material weaknesses. (e) Contracting officer notifications. The cognizant contracting officer shall promptly distribute copies of a determination to approve a system, disapprove a system and withhold payments, or a…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …rmation, April 17, 1995, or classified in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Cognizant Federal agency means the Federal agency that, on behalf of all Federal agencies, is responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates a…
  • FAR 9.105-1 Obtaining information.
    …s; Government agencies; and business and trade associations. (d) Contracting offices and cognizant contract administration offices that become aware of circumstances casting doubt on a contractor's ability to perform contracts successfully…
  • FAR 15.404-2 Data to support proposal analysis.
    …tance for prime contracts or subcontracts. (1) The contracting officer should contact the cognizant audit office directly, particularly when an audit is the only field pricing support required. The audit office shall send the audit report, …
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … as the liquidation method, unless the contracting officer obtains the concurrence of the cognizant payment office that the proposed liquidation provisions can be executed by that office, or unless agency regulations provide alternative liq…
  • DFARS 250.103-3 Contract adjustment.
    …e Office of General Counsel of the applicable department or agency, for forwarding to the cognizant PCO.

FAR (chapter 1)

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