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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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56 sections with “delegated authority”: the first 40

  • 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 239.7405 Delegated authority for telecommunications resources.
    …nts relating to this contracting authority, which the General Services Administration has delegated to DoD.
  • DFARS 241.103 Statutory and delegated authority.
    (1) The contracting officer may enter into a utility service contract related to the conveyance of a utility system for a period not to exceed 50 years (10 U.S.C. 2688(d)(2)). (2) The contracting officer may enter into an energy savings co…
  • FAR 50.102-1 Delegation of authority.
    …under Pub. L. 85-804 and E.O. 10789, subject to the following limitations: (a) Authority delegated shall be to a level high enough to ensure uniformity of action. (b) Authority to approve requests to obligate the Government in excess of $…
  • DFARS 205.502 Authority.
    (a) Newspapers. Heads of contracting activities are delegated authority to approve the publication of paid advertisements in newspapers.
  • 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…
  • 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 5.502 Authority.
    …ers is vested in the head of each agency (44 U.S.C. 3702). This approval authority may be delegated (5 U.S.C. 302 (b)). Contracting officers shall obtain written authorization in accordance with agency procedures before advertising in newsp…
  • FAR 43.202 Authority to issue change orders.
    Change orders shall be issued by the contracting officer except when authority is delegated to an administrative contracting officer (see 42.202(c)).
  • 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…
  • DFARS 247.573 General.
    (a) Delegated authority. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2631(b)(2), the Secretary of Defense has delegated (see PGI 247.573) the authority to make determinations either that a U.S.-flag vessel is not available at a fair and reasonable rate for comme…
  • DFARS 250.102-1 Delegation of authority.
    (b) Authority under FAR 50.104 to approve actions obligating $90,000 or less may not be delegated below the level of the head of the contracting activity. (d) In accordance with the acquisition authority of the Under Secretary of Defense (…
  • 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 8.402 General.
    …riods 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 Supply Schedules program). Orders issued under the VA Federal Supply Sc…
  • 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 38.000 Scope of part.
    … information). GSA may delegate certain responsibilities to other agencies (e.g., GSA has delegated authority to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to procure medical supplies under the VA Federal Supply Schedules Program). The VA Fede…
  • 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 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…
  • 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 1.604 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
    …e COR's duties and responsibilities; (b) A copy of the contract administration functions delegated to a contract administration office which may not be delegated to the COR (see 1.602-2(d)(4)); and (c) Documentation of COR actions taken i…
  • 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 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…
  • FAR 41.101 Definitions.
    …ed, owned, operated, and maintained by the utility supplier (see Termination liability). Delegated agency means an agency that has received a written delegation of authority from GSA to contract for utility services for periods not exceedi…
  • FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration.
    …d other activities as appropriate) of any functions withheld from or additional functions delegated to the CAO. (c) Delegating additional functions. For individual contracts or groups of contracts, the contracting office may delegate to th…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …sified contracts, administer those portions of the applicable industrial security program delegated to the CAO (see Subpart 4.4). (22) Issue work requests under maintenance, overhaul, and modification contracts. (23) Negotiate prices and …
  • DFARS 216.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …he senior contracting official within the contracting activity. This authority may not be delegated. (ii) For contracts (including indefinite-delivery contracts) and orders in which the portion of the requirement performed on a time-and-ma…
  • 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…
  • 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 1.102-5 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 1.603-3 Appointment.
    …the United States who will be using the supplies or services being purchased. Individuals delegated this authority are not required to be appointed on an SF 1402, but shall be appointed in writing in accordance with agency procedures.
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …ty ethics officials described in 5 CFR 2638.204, to whom authority under 3.104-6 has been delegated by the designated agency ethics official; and (2) Alternate designated agency ethics officials described in 5 CFR 2638.202(b). Compensatio…
  • FAR 3.1104 Mitigation or waiver.
    … of a personal conflict of interest or grant a waiver. (c) This authority shall not be redelegated.
  • FAR 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.
    …s the level to which the agency head authority in paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section is delegated. (3) The requirements in paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section shall apply to any contract in an amount greater than the simplified acq…
  • FAR 6.302-7 Public interest.
    …Administration; or (ii) the head of any other executive agency. This authority may not be delegated. (2) The Congress shall be notified in writing of such determination not less than 30 days before award of the contract. (3) If required b…
  • 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 19.814 Requesting a formal size determination (8(a) sole source requirements).
    …r award of the particular sole source contract; (2) The contracting officer who has been delegated SBA's 8(a) contract execution functions, where applicable, or the SBA program official with authority to execute the 8(a) contract; (3) The…
  • 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 25.402 General.
    …t meet certain other criteria, such as being a least developed country. The President has delegated this waiver authority to the U.S. Trade Representative. In acquisitions covered by the WTO GPA, Free Trade Agreements, or the Israeli Trade …

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.