[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR3.4]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 3--TRANSACTIONS OTHER THAN CONTRACTS, GRANTS, OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 
FOR PROTOTYPE PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3.4  Definitions.

    Agency point of contact (POC). The individual identified by the 
military department or defense agency as its POC for prototype OTs.
    Agreements Officer. An individual with the authority to enter into, 
administer, or terminate OTs for prototype projects and make related 
determinations and findings.
    Approving Official. The official responsible for approving the OTs 
acquisition strategy and resulting OT agreement. This official must be 
at least one level above the Agreements Officer and at no lower level 
than existing agency thresholds associated with procurement contracts.
    Awardee. Any business unit that is the direct recipient of an OT 
agreement.
    Business unit. Any segment of an organization, or an entire business 
organization which is not divided into segments.
    Contracting activity. An element of an agency designated by the 
agency head and delegated broad authority regarding acquisition 
functions. It includes elements designated by the Director of a Defense 
Agency which has been delegated contracting authority through its agency 
charter.
    Cost-type OT. Agreements where payments are based on amounts 
generated from the awardee's financial or cost records or that require 
at least one third of the total costs to be provided by non-Federal 
parties pursuant to statute or require submittal of financial or cost 
records/reports to determine whether additional effort can be 
accomplished for the fixed amount.
    Fixed-price type OT. Agreements where payments are not based on 
amounts generated from the awardee's financial or cost records.
    Head of the contracting activity (HCA). The official who has overall 
responsibility for managing the contracting activity.
    Nontraditional Defense contractor. A business unit that has not, for 
a period of at least one year prior to the date of the OT agreement, 
entered into or performed on (1) any contract that is subject to full 
coverage under the cost accounting standards prescribed pursuant to 
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
422) and the regulations implementing such section; or (2) any other 
contract in excess of $500,000 to carry out prototype projects or to 
perform basic, applied, or advanced research projects for a Federal 
agency, that is subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
    Procurement contract. A contract awarded pursuant to the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation.
    Qualified Independent Public Accountant. An accountant that is 
licensed or works for a firm that is licensed in the state or other 
political jurisdiction where they operate their professional practice 
and comply with the applicable provisions of the public accountancy law 
and rules of the jurisdiction where the audit is being conducted.
    Segment. One of two or more divisions, product departments, plants, 
or other subdivisions of an organization reporting directly to a home 
office, usually identified with responsibility for profit and/or 
producing a product or service.
    Senior Procurement Executive. The following individuals:
    (1) Department of the Army--Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology);
    (2) Department of the Navy--Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
(Research, Development and Acquisition);
    (3) Department of the Air Force--Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force (Acquisition).
    (4) The Directors of Defense Agencies who have been delegated 
authority to act as Senior Procurement Executive for their respective 
agencies.
    Single Audit Act. Establishes uniform audit requirements for audits 
of state and local government, universities, and non-profit 
organizations that expend Federal awards.
    Subawardee. Any business unit of a party, entity or subordinate 
element performing effort under the OT agreement, other than the 
awardee.
    Traditional Defense contractor. Any business unit that does not meet 
the definition of a nontraditional Defense contractor.

[68 FR 27457, May 20, 2003]

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