[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR4.403]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 4_ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart 4.4_Safeguarding Classified Information Within Industry
 
Sec.  4.403  Responsibilities of contracting officers.

    (a) Presolicitation phase. Contracting officers shall review all 
proposed solicitations to determine whether access to classified 
information may be required by offerors, or by a contractor during 
contract performance.
    (1) If access to classified information of another agency may be 
required, the contracting officer shall--
    (i) Determine if the agency is covered by the NISP; and
    (ii) Follow that agency's procedures for determining the security 
clearances of firms to be solicited.
    (2) If the classified information required is from the contracting 
officer's agency, the contracting officer shall follow agency 
procedures.
    (b) Solicitation phase. Contracting officers shall--
    (1) Ensure that the classified acquisition is conducted as required 
by the

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NISP or agency procedures, as appropriate; and
    (2) Include (i) an appropriate Security Requirements clause in the 
solicitation (see 4.404), and (ii) as appropriate, in solicitations and 
contracts when the contract may require access to classified 
information, a requirement for security safeguards in addition to those 
provided in the clause (52.204-2, Security Requirements).
    (c) Award phase. Contracting officers shall inform contractors and 
subcontractors of the security classifications and requirements assigned 
to the various documents, materials, tasks, subcontracts, and components 
of the classified contract as follows:
    (1) Agencies covered by the NISP shall use the Contract Security 
Classification Specification, DD Form 254. The contracting officer, or 
authorized representative, is the approving official for the form and 
shall ensure that it is prepared and distributed in accordance with the 
ISR.
    (2) Contracting officers in agencies not covered by the NISP shall 
follow agency procedures.

[48 FR 42113, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 31617, June 20, 1996]