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32 sections with “delegate its contracting authority”

  • FAR 41.103 Statutory and delegated authority.
    …ic services for periods not exceeding 25 years for uranium enrichment installations. (b) Delegated authority. GSA has delegated its authority to enter into utility service contracts for periods not exceeding ten years to DOD and DOE, and f…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …g officer at the procuring contracting office, even when contract administration has been delegated to the Defense Contract Management Agency. (ii) Submit the consolidated SSR for an individual subcontracting plan to the “Department of Def…
  • FAR 1.602-1 Authority.
    …indings. Contracting officers may bind the Government only to the extent of the authority delegated to them. Contracting officers shall receive from the appointing authority (see 1.603-1) clear instructions in writing regarding the limits o…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    (a) Delegating functions. As provided in agency procedures, contracting officers may delegate contract administration or specialized support services, either through interagency agreements or by direct request to the cognizant CAO listed in…
  • DFARS 208.7002 Assignment authority.
    …sed on an oral communication, constitutes a one-time agreement. (ii) Consider repetitive delegated acquisition responsibilities for coordinated acquisition assignment. If not considered suitable for coordinated acquisition assignment, form…
  • FAR 1.602-2 Responsibilities.
    …hall be qualified by training and experience commensurate with the responsibilities to be delegated in accordance with agency procedures; (4) May not be delegated responsibility to perform functions that have been delegated under 42.202 to…
  • FAR 41.203 GSA assistance.
    (a) GSA will, upon request, provide technical and acquisition assistance, or will delegate its contracting authority for the furnishing of the services described in this part for any Federal agency, mixed-ownership Government corporation, t…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    (a) The contracting officer normally delegates the following contract administration functions to a CAO. The contracting officer may retain any of these functions, except those in paragraphs (a)(5), (a)(9), (a)(11), and (a)(12) of this sect…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …for DoD also means elements designated by the director of a defense agency which has been delegated contracting authority through its agency charter. DoD contracting activities are listed at PGI 202.101. Contracting officer's representativ…
  • DFARS 219.800 General.
    … the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), the SBA has delegated to the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) its authority under paragraph 8(a)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C…
  • FAR 1.602-3 Ratification of unauthorized commitments.
    …mitment. (3) The ratification authority in subparagraph (b)(2) of this subsection may be delegated in accordance with agency procedures, but in no case shall the authority be delegated below the level of chief of the contracting office. (…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ts. Contracting activity means an element of an agency designated by the agency head and delegated broad authority regarding acquisition functions. Contracting office means an office that awards or executes a contract for supplies or serv…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …rded to provide supplies and services at stated prices for given periods of time. GSA may delegate certain responsibilities to other agencies (e.g., GSA has delegated authority to the VA to procure medical supplies under the VA Federal Supp…
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …e, shall be negotiated by a contracting officer in the contracting office, or an ACO when delegated by the contracting officer. When the negotiation authority is delegated, the ACO shall coordinate the proposed agreement with the contractin…
  • DFARS 231.205-70 External restructuring costs.
    … Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) or the Principal Deputy. This authority may not be delegated below the level of an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (B) For all other cases, the designated official is the Director of the Defense Contr…
  • DFARS 242.302 Contract administration functions.
    …payment administration in accordance with any applicable payment clauses. (13)(A) Do not delegate the responsibility to make payments to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). (B) Follow the procedures at PGI 242.302(a)(13)(B) for…
  • FAR 1.102-5 Role of the acquisition team.
    … (b) The authority to make decisions and the accountability for the decision made will be delegated to the lowest level within the System, consistent with law. (c) The Team must be prepared to perform the functions and duties assigned. The…
  • FAR 9.503 Waiver.
    … conflict, and requires approval by the agency head or a designee. Agency heads shall not delegate waiver authority below the level of head of a contracting activity.
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …determination that the bid be neither withdrawn nor corrected. (e) Heads of agencies may delegate their authority to make the determinations under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this 14.407-3 to a central authority, or a limited numb…
  • FAR 17.502-2 The Economy Act.
    …t that, if the servicing agency is not covered by the FAR, approval of the D&F may not be delegated below the senior procurement executive of the requesting agency. (3) The requesting agency shall furnish a copy of the D&F to the servicing…
  • FAR 17.602 Policy.
    …er 33, and the agency's regulations governing such contracts. This authority shall not be delegated. Every contract so authorized shall show its authorization upon its face. (b) Agencies may authorize management and operating contracts onl…
  • FAR 19.800 General.
    …des or sole source awards before considering small business set-asides. (e) When SBA has delegated its 8(a) program contract execution authority to an agency, the contracting officer must refer to its agency supplement or other policy dire…
  • FAR 22.803 Responsibilities.
    …f orders necessary to achieve the purposes of E.O. 11246. (b) The Secretary of Labor has delegated authority and assigned responsibility to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for carrying out the responsibilities assigned to the Secretary by E…
  • FAR 22.1704 Violations and remedies.
    …llegations, the head of the executive agency, in accordance with agency procedures, shall delegate to an authorized agency official, such as the agency suspending and debarring, the responsibility to— (A) Expeditiously conduct an administr…
  • FAR 22.1802 Policy.
    …ts, either temporarily or for the period of performance. This waiver authority may not be delegated. (e) DHS and the Social Security Administration (SSA) may terminate a contractor's memorandum of understanding (MOU) and deny access to the…
  • FAR 52.219-12 Special 8(a) Subcontract Conditions.
    … has read and is familiar with each and every part of the contract. (2) That the SBA has delegated responsibility, except for novation agreements, for the administration of this subcontract to the ___ [insert name of contracting agency] wi…
  • DFARS 201.304 Agency control and compliance procedures.
    … or offerors. (ii) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this section, the USD(A&S) has delegated authority to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP) to approve or disapprove the policies, pro…
  • DFARS 208.7003-2 Assignments under coordinated acquisition.
    …g department; (e) Requirements for which the acquiring department's contracting activity delegates contracting authority to the requiring department; (f) Items in a research and development stage (as described in FAR part 35). Under this …
  • DFARS 209.104-1 General standards.
    …r is essential to the national security interests of the United States. The Secretary has delegated authority to grant this waiver to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Waiver requests, prepared by the requiring activity in co…
  • DFARS 217.172 Multiyear contracts for supplies.
    …tion with the certification (10 U.S.C. 3501(i)(6)). (6) The Secretary of Defense may not delegate this authority to make the certification under paragraph (h)(2) of this section or the determination under paragraph (h)(5) of this section t…
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …ests of the United States (see procedures at PGI 225.7003-3(d). This authority may not be delegated. (1) The written determination of the USD(A&S)— (i) Shall specify the quantity of end items to which the national security waiver applies;…
  • DFARS 230.201-5 Waiver.
    …waiver requests to the Principal Director, DPCAP. (2) The military departments shall not delegate CAS waiver authority below the individual responsible for issuing contracting policy for the department. (e) By November 30th of each year, …

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.