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104 sections with “cognizant contracting officer”: the first 40

  • 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 19.706 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 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    …ntial for significant savings is apparent, the contracting officer shall consult with the cognizant inventory manager or requirements development activity before proceeding with an award or negotiations. If this consultation discloses that …
  • 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 42.704 Billing rates.
    (a) The contracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) or auditor responsible under 42.705 for establishing the final indirect cost rates also shall be responsible for determining the billing rates. (b) The contracting officer …
  • 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 …
  • 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 234.201 Policy.
    …e contractor shall have an earned value management system that has been determined by the cognizant Federal agency to be in compliance with the guidelines in ANSI/EIA-748. (iii) For cost or incentive contracts and subcontracts valued at le…
  • FAR 42.803 Disallowing costs after incurrence.
    …ent of questionable costs. The auditor shall forward approved vouchers for payment to the cognizant contracting, finance, or disbursing officer, as appropriate under the agency's procedures. (2) If the examination of a voucher raises a que…
  • FAR 45.301 Use and rental.
    …ernment commercial purposes or otherwise authorized for use. (c) The contracting officer cognizant of the Government property may authorize the rent-free use of property in the possession of nonprofit organizations when used for research, …
  • 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…
  • 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 31.205-47 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 42.705-3 Educational institutions.
    …irect cost rates and provides that those rates shall be accepted by all Federal agencies. Cognizant Government agencies and educational institutions are listed in the Directory of Federal Contract Audit Offices (see 42.103). (3) The cogniz…
  • 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 215.407-5-70 Disclosure, maintenance, and review requirements.
    …, maintenance, and review requirements to other than large business contractors. (2) The cognizant contracting officer, in consultation with the auditor, for contractors subject to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, shall— (i) Determine th…
  • DFARS 242.7502 Policy.
    … or on a percentage or stage of completion, shall maintain an accounting system. (b) The cognizant contracting officer, in consultation with the auditor or functional specialist, shall— (1) Determine the acceptability of a contractor's ac…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    Use this section instead of FAR 44.305-2(c) and 44.305-3(b). (a) The cognizant contracting officer, in consultation with the purchasing system analyst or auditor, shall— (1) Determine the acceptability of the contractor's purchasing syste…
  • DFARS 245.105 Contractors' property management system compliance.
    …or's system or systems for managing and controlling Government property. (b) Policy. The cognizant contracting officer, in consultation with the property administrator, shall— (1) Determine the acceptability of the system and approve or d…
  • 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 42.709-4 Assessing the penalty.
    Unless a waiver is granted pursuant to 42.709-6, the cognizant contracting officer shall— (a) Assess the penalty in 42.709-2(a)(1), when the submitted cost is expressly unallowable under a cost principle in the FAR or an executive agency s…
  • FAR 42.709-6 Waiver of the penalty.
    The cognizant contracting officer shall waive the penalties at 42.709-2(a) when— (a) The contractor withdraws the proposal before the Government formally initiates an audit of the proposal and the contractor submits a revised proposal (an …
  • FAR 42.801 Notice of intent to disallow costs.
    (a) At any time during the performance of a contract of a type referred to in 42.802, the cognizant contracting officer responsible for administering the contract may issue the contractor a written notice of intent to disallow specified cos…
  • 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 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 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 8.716 Change-of-name and successor in interest procedures.
    …List— (a) The Committee will provide a notice of a change to the Procurement List to the cognizant contracting officers; and (b) Upon receipt of a notice of a change to the Procurement List from the Committee, the contracting officer must…
  • FAR 15.604 Agency points of contact.
    …ormation so that it is protected and restrictive legends conform to 15.609. (b) Only the cognizant contracting officer has the authority to bind the Government regarding unsolicited proposals.
  • 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 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …lized support services, either through interagency agreements or by direct request to the cognizant CAO listed in the Federal Directory of Contract Administration Services Components. The delegation should include— (1) The name and address…
  • FAR 42.709-3 Responsibilities.
    (a) The cognizant contracting officer is responsible for— (1) Determining whether the penalties in 42.709-2(a) should be assessed; (2) Determining whether such penalties should be waived pursuant to 42.709-6; and (3) Referring the matter…
  • 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, …
  • FAR 52.216-15 Predetermined Indirect Cost Rates.
    …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, …
  • FAR 52.219-17 Section 8(a) Award.
    …ctor awarded a subcontract hereunder shall have the right of appeal from decisions of the cognizant Contracting Officer under the “Disputes” clause of the subcontract. (b) The offeror/subcontractor agrees and acknowledges that it will, for…
  • DFARS 231.205-71 Costs related to counterfeit electronic parts and suspect counterfeit electronic parts.
    …ely (i.e., within 60 days after the contractor becomes aware) written notice to— (A) The cognizant contracting officer(s); and (B) GIDEP (unless the contractor is a foreign corporation or partnership that does not have an office, place of…
  • DFARS 242.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …red and the transferee intends to incur restructuring costs as defined at 213.205-70, the cognizant contracting officer shall include the following provision as paragraph (b)(7) of the novation agreement instead of the paragraph (b)(7) prov…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    … the auditor; payment office; affected contracting officers at the buying activities; and cognizant contracting officers in contract administration activities. (c) Monitoring contractor's corrective action. The contracting officer, in cons…
  • DFARS 242.7202 Policy.
    … consistent, equitable, and unbiased logic for costing of material transactions. (b) The cognizant contracting officer, in consultation with the auditor and functional specialist, if appropriate, shall— (1) Determine the acceptability of …
  • DFARS 252.232-7005 Reimbursement of Subcontractor Advance Payments—DoD Mentor-Protégé Program.
    …yments made to each protégé on the public voucher, in the form and detail directed by the cognizant contracting officer or contract auditor. (End of clause)

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