and within the limits of their prescribed duties and authorities. § 19-1.5302 Designation of Contracting Officers. (a) Contracting Officers, as defined in § 1-1.207 of this title, shall be those employees in whom contracting authority is vested by the Director or his designees by means of appropriate delegations of authority and by redelegations of authority. The authority of such Contracting Officers shall be in accordance with the applicable delegations or redelegations of authority and with this Subpart 19-1.53. (b) Delegations and redelegations of authority are generally directive on specific positions, rather than specific individuals. When a specific position carries delegated or redelegated contracting authority, an individual appointed to such a position is, therefore, a Contracting Officer. Such appointments are normally made by means of administrative personnel actions. When an individual is designated as a Contracting Officer by an instrument other than personnel action, a copy of the designating instrument shall be forwarded to the appropriate personnel office for inclusion in the file of the individual affected. Designations shall be rescinded in the same manner upon termination of the assignment (but special assignments may be self-rescinding, as, for example, an assignment made in terms of the life of a specific contract, in which case a separate rescission instrument would not be required). (c) In view of the high degree of individual responsibility and authority vested in Contracting Officers, care shall be exercised to insure that only well qualified individuals are appointed or designated and retained in such positions. Accordingly, the performance of their duties as Contracting Officers is subject to continuing review and evaluation. § 19-1.5304 General responsibility of Contracting Officers. (a) Contracting Officers are primarily responsible for assurance that contracts are authorized by law, for the execution and administration of contracts, for safeguarding the interest of the United States in contractual relationships, and for determining the facts under contracts. (b) Contracting Officers shall personally sign all contracts and modifications entered into by them. The signing of original contractual documents shall not be accomplished by facsimile stamps or by proxy. However, the use of reproduced signatures on reproduced copies after the Contracting Officers have manually signed the master and other originals is acceptable. (c) Contracting Officers are responsible for the legal, technical, and administrative sufficiency of the contracts they make. To this end, they shall secure necessary legal, technical, and financial advice within USIA. (d) Contracting Officers are responsible for assuring contract compliance on the part of the Contractor. § 19-1.5305 Contracting Officers' repre sentatives. (a) Any properly qualified Government employee or group of employees, or a firm or individual under contract to the Government for this purpose, may be designated to act as the Authorized Representative of a Contracting Officer. Such designation shall be in writing and shall define the scope and limitations of the Authorized Representative's authority. (b) A designation authorized by this 19-1.5305 may be made by instructions referring to particular contractual instruments or categories of instruments and may empower the Authorized Representative to take any or all action thereunder which could lawfully be taken by the Contracting Officer to the extent not specifically prohibited by the terms of the contractual instrument involved or this § 19-1.5305. In no event shall an Authorized Representative, by virtue only of his designation as such, be empowered to execute or agree to any contract or modification thereof; such powers must be specifically included as a part of, or supplement to, the designation. (c) A Contracting Officer may assign administration of a specific contractual Presidential proclamations Reorganization plans Federal regulations that affect every American 916 191ziga 16ysban ylish and to THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS is a codification of the gen-sing eral and permanent Federal regulations. Regulatory material published in the Federal Register is keyed to the d Mail order form to: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 There is enclosed $ for subscription(s) to the publications checked below: FEDERAL REGISTER $50.00 domestic; $95.00 foreign ($5.00 monthly) Title 41-Public Contracts and Property Management (This book contains Chapters 19-100) SUBTITLE A-FEDERAL PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS SYSTEM (Continued): CHAPTER 19—United States Information Agency Part 19-1 22-1 CHAPTER 23—United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency SUBTITLE B-OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS: CHAPTER 50-Public Contracts, Department of Labor 50-201 CHAPTER 51- Committee for Purchase From the Blind and Other Severely 51-1 CHAPTER 60-Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal 60-1 CHAPTERS 61-100 [Reserved] CROSS REFERENCES: Armed Services Procurement Regulations, 32 CFR, Chapter I, Subchapter A. Army Procurement Procedure, 32 CFR, Chapter V, Subchapter G. Department of the Navy procurement, property, patents, and contracts, 32 CFR, Chapter VI, Subchapter D. Air Force Procurement Regulations, 32 CFR, Chapter VII, Subchapter W. |