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301 sections with “responsible contracting officer”: the first 40

  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    …, with the indicated cognizant contracting officer (or cognizant Federal agency official) responsible for establishing the final indirect cost rates: (1) Business units of a multidivisional corporation under the cognizance of a corporate a…
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    …t number, its unique entity identifier , and the e-mail address of the offeror's official responsible for acknowledging receipt of or rejecting the ISRs to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter this infor…
  • FAR 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    (a) Contracting officers are responsible for transmitting offeror responses to the solicitation provision at 52.207-4 to appropriate inventory management/requirements development activities in accordance with agency procedures. The economic…
  • 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…
  • FAR 37.103 Contracting officer responsibility.
    (a) The contracting officer is responsible for ensuring that a proposed contract for services is proper. For this purpose the contracting officer shall— (1) Determine whether the proposed service is for a personal or nonpersonal services c…
  • FAR 42.1202 Responsibility for executing agreements.
    The contracting officer responsible for processing and executing novation and change-of-name agreements shall be determined as follows: (a) If any of the affected contracts held by the transferor have been assigned to an administrative con…
  • FAR 42.1203 Processing agreements.
    …st to its contracts or a name change, the contractor must submit a written request to the responsible contracting officer (see 42.1202). If the contractor received its contract under subpart 8.7 under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85, Committee for Pur…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …hether to recognize a third party as a successor in interest to Government contracts, the responsible contracting officer shall identify and evaluate any significant organizational conflicts of interest in accordance with subpart 9.5. If th…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …act number, its unique entity identifier, and the email address of the Offeror's official responsible for acknowledging receipt of or rejecting the ISRs, to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter this info…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 219.7103-2 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …gé agreement to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) small business professional responsible for conducting the annual performance review (see appendix I, section I-113).
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …ectronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) at the Department of Defense level and is responsible for acknowledging receipt or rejecting SSRs submitted under an individual subcontracting plan in eSRS for the Department of Defense. (b) …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …y contract. Acquisition planning means the process by which the efforts of all personnel responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner and at a …
  • FAR 32.207 Administration and payment of commercial financing payments.
    (a) Responsibility. The contracting officer responsible for administration of the contract shall be responsible for review and approval of contract financing requests. (b) Approval of financing requests. Unless otherwise provided in agency…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    … for law enforcement to identify the nature and extent of the offense and the individuals responsible for the conduct. It includes providing timely and complete response to Government auditors' and investigators' request for documents and a…
  • FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance.
    …c agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement. The Contractor is responsible for the currency, accuracy and completeness of the data within SAM, and for any liability resulting from the Government's reliance on inac…
  • FAR 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States.
    ….C. 106 note. (c) Support. Unless specified elsewhere in the contract, the Contractor is responsible for all logistical and security support required for Contractor personnel engaged in this contract. (d) Compliance with laws and regulati…
  • DFARS 252.219-7004 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Test Program).
    … number, its unique entity identifier, and the email address of the Contractor's official responsible for acknowledging or rejecting the ISR to all first-tier subcontractors, who will be required to submit ISRs, so they can enter this infor…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …and change-of-name agreements in subpart 42.12, the contractor is required to provide the responsible contracting officer a minimum of one business day's written notification of its intention to change the name in SAM, comply with the requi…
  • FAR 9.703 Contracting with individual pool members.
    …he pool agreement, along with other factors, in determining whether that pool member is a responsible prospective contractor under subpart 9.1.
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …etitive bid system dictates that, after bids have been opened, award must be made to that responsible bidder who submitted the lowest responsive bid, unless there is a compelling reason to reject all bids and cancel the invitation. (2) Eve…
  • FAR 14.408-2 Responsible bidder—reasonableness of price.
    (a) The contracting officer shall determine that a prospective contractor is responsible (see subpart 9.1) and that the prices offered are reasonable before awarding the contract. The price analysis techniques in 15.404-1(b) may be used as …
  • FAR 19.502-2 Total small business set-asides.
    …cer determines there is not a reasonable expectation of obtaining offers from two or more responsible small business concerns that are competitive in terms of fair market prices, quality, and delivery. If the contracting officer receives on…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, the contracting officer may find the bidder nonresponsible. (c) In negotiated acquisitions, the contracting officer shall determine whether the plan is acceptable based on the negotiation of each …
  • FAR 19.705-5 Awards involving subcontracting plans.
    … In making an award that requires a subcontracting plan, the contracting officer shall be responsible for the following: (1) Consider the contractor's compliance with the subcontracting plans submitted on previous contracts as a factor in …
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    … that serve the overseas destination shall be listed in the solicitation, except that the responsible contracting officer may limit the water ports listed when such limitation is considered necessary to meet delivery or other requirements. …
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …representative of the Contracting Officer appointed in accordance with agency procedures, responsible for administering the contract requirements and obligations relating to Government property in the possession of a Contractor. Property r…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …icate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, as prescribed by FAR 15.406-2. (3) The Offeror is responsible for determining whether a subcontractor qualifies for an exception from the requirement for submission of certified cost or pricing data o…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    … and efficient procurement of required quality materials and parts at the best value from responsible and reliable sources, including the requirements of 252.246-7007, Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System, i…
  • FAR 9.104-5 Representation and certifications regarding responsibility matters.
    …in accordance with agency procedures (see 9.406-3(a) and 9.407-3(a)), the agency official responsible for initiating debarment or suspension action, where an offeror indicates the existence of an indictment, charge, conviction, or civil jud…
  • FAR 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    …er's signing of a contract constitutes a determination that the prospective contractor is responsible with respect to that contract. When an offer on which an award would otherwise be made is rejected because the prospective contractor is f…
  • FAR 9.202 Policy.
    …cation was not attained. (b) When justified under the circumstances, the agency activity responsible for establishing a qualification requirement shall submit to the advocate for competition for the procuring activity responsible for purch…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ce competition. (i) A price is based on adequate price competition when— (A) Two or more responsible offerors, competing independently, submit priced offers that satisfy the Government's expressed requirement; (B) Award will be made to th…
  • FAR 19.201 General policy.
    …lies and services is placed with small business. (b) Heads of contracting activities are responsible for effectively implementing the small business programs within their activities, including achieving program goals. They are to ensure th…
  • FAR 28.203-2 Substitution of assets.
    …that currently pledged by submitting a written request, including a revised SF 28, to the responsible contracting officer. Following the requirements set forth in 28.203-1, the contracting officer may agree to the substitution of assets upo…
  • FAR 30.202-6 Responsibilities.
    (a) The contracting officer is responsible for determining when a proposed contract may require CAS coverage and for including the appropriate notice in the solicitation. The contracting officer must then ensure that the offeror has made th…
  • FAR 32.1007 Administration and payment of performance-based payments.
    (a) Responsibility. The contracting officer responsible for administering performance-based payments (see 42.302(a)(13)) for the contract shall review and approve all performance-based payments for that contract. (b) Approval of financing …
  • FAR 42.801 Notice of intent to disallow costs.
    …formance 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 costs incurred or planned for inc…
  • FAR 42.1200 Scope of subpart.
    …or's name; and (c) Execution of novation agreements and change-of-name agreements by the responsible contracting officer.
  • FAR 42.1205 Agreement to recognize contractor's change of name.
    …hall execute an agreement to reflect the name change. The contractor shall forward to the responsible contracting officer three signed copies of the Change-of-Name Agreement, and one copy each of the following: (1) The document effecting t…

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.