[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR1.603-1]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 1_FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart 1.6_Career Development, Contracting Authority, and 

                            Responsibilities

 

Sec. 1.603-1  General.



    Subsection 414(4) of title 41, United States Code, requires agency 

heads to establish and maintain a procurement career management program 

and a system for the selection, appointment, and termination of 

appointment of contracting officers. Agency heads or their designees may 

select and appoint contracting officers and terminate their 

appointments. These selections and appointments shall be consistent with 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy's (OFPP) standards for skill-based 

training in performing contracting and purchasing duties as published in 

OFPP Policy Letter No. 92-3, Procurement Professionalism Program 

Policy--Training for Contracting Personnel, June 24, 1992.



[59 FR 67015, Dec. 28, 1994]