48 C.F.R. PART 202—DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System
Authority: 41 U.S.C. 421 and 48 CFR chapter 1.
Congressional defense committees means— (1) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (2) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (3) The Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and (4) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. Contract administration office also means a contract management office of the Defense Contract Management Agency. Contracting activity 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— Department of Defense
Department of Defense Education Activity TRICARE Management Activity Acquisition and Procurement Office, Washington Headquarters Services Army Contract Support Agency Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Command Industrial Operations Command Communications-Electronics Command Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Training and Doctrine Command Forces Command Health Services Command Military District of Washington U.S. Army, Europe National Guard Bureau Corps of Engineers Information Systems Command Medical Research and Development Command U.S. Army, Pacific Military Traffic Management Command Space and Strategic Defense Command Eighth U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command U.S. Army, South Defense Contracting Command-Washington Directorate of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers, Office of the Secretary of the Army U.S. Army Special Operations Command Navy Deputy, Acquisition Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) Naval Air Systems Command Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Naval Facilities Engineering Command Naval Inventory Control Point Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Supply Systems Command Office of Naval Research Military Sealift Command Strategic Systems Programs Marine Corps Systems Command Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps Air Force Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting) Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Reserve Command Air Combat Command Air Mobility Command Air Education and Training Command Pacific Air Forces United States Air Forces in Europe Air Force Space Command Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Office of the Deputy Director, Management Defense Contract Management Agency Office of the Director, Defense Contract Management Agency Defense Finance and Accounting Service External Services, Defense Finance and Accounting Service Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization Defense Intelligence Agency Office of Procurement Defense Logistics Agency Office of the Deputy Director, Logistics Operations Defense Supply Centers Defense Energy Support Center National Imagery and Mapping Agency Procurement and Contracting Office Defense Threat Reduction Agency Acquisition Management Office National Security Agency Headquarters, National Security Agency Missile Defense Agency Headquarters, Missile Defense Agency United States Special Operations Command Headquarters, United States Special Operations Command Contracting officer's representative means an individual designated and authorized in writing by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions. Departments and agencies, as used in DFARS, means the military departments and the defense agencies. The military departments are the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (the Marine Corps is a part of the Department of the Navy). The defense agencies are the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Commissary Agency, the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Security Service, the Defense Logistics Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the National Security Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, and the United States Special Operations Command. Department of Defense (DoD), as used in DFARS, means the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the defense agencies. Executive agency means for DoD, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. Head of the agency means, for DoD, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force. Subject to the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), and the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, the directors of the defense agencies have been delegated authority to act as head of the agency for their respective agencies (i.e., to perform functions under the FAR or DFARS reserved to a head of agency or agency head), except for such actions that by terms of statute, or any delegation, must be exercised within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) means a companion resource to the DFARS that— (1) Contains mandatory internal DoD procedures. The DFARS will direct compliance with mandatory procedures using imperative language such as “Follow the procedures at * * *” or similar directive language; (2) Contains non-mandatory internal DoD procedures and guidance and supplemental information to be used at the discretion of the contracting officer. The DFARS will point to non-mandatory procedures, guidance, and information using permissive language such as “The contracting officer may use * * *” or “Additional information is available at * * *” or other similar language; (3) Is numbered similarly to the DFARS, except that each PGI numerical designation is preceded by the letters “PGI”; and (4) Is available electronically at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/index.htm. Senior procurement executive means, for DoD— Department of Defense (including the defense agencies)—Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics); Department of the Army—Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology); Department of the Navy—Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition); Department of the Air Force—Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition). The directors of the defense agencies have been delegated authority to act as senior procurement executive for their respective agencies, except for such actions that by terms of statute, or any delegation, must be exercised by the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics). [56 FR 36287, July 31, 1991] Editorial Note: For
Title 48: Federal Acquisition Regulations System
PART 202—DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
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202.101 Definitions.
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