[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: 48CFR44.101]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 44_SUBCONTRACTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 44.1_General
 
Sec.  44.101  Definitions.


    As used in this part--
    Approved purchasing system means a contractor's purchasing system 
that has been reviewed and approved in accordance with this part.

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    Contractor means the total contractor organization or a separate 
entity of it, such as an affiliate, division, or plant, that performs 
its own purchasing.
    Contractor purchasing system review (CPSR) means the complete 
evaluation of a contractor's purchasing of material and services, 
subcontracting, and subcontract management from development of the 
requirement through completion of subcontract performance.
    Facilities (see 45.301).
    Subcontract means any contract as defined in subpart 2.1 entered 
into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies or services for performance 
of a prime contract or a subcontract. It includes but is not limited to 
purchase orders, and changes and modifications to purchase orders.
    Subcontractor means any supplier, distributor, vendor, or firm that 
furnishes supplies or services to or for a prime contractor or another 
subcontractor.

[48 FR 42388, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 26903, June 28, 1985; 
66 FR 2133, Jan. 10, 2001]