[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 7]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 48CFR2902.101]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                     CHAPTER 29--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 2902_DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart 2.1_Definitions

 

Sec. 2902.101  Definitions.









    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 40 U.S.C. 486(c).







    (a) Commonly used words and terms are defined in FAR subpart 2.1. 

This part 2902 gives DOL-specific meanings for some of these words and 

terms and



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defines other words and terms commonly used in the DOL acquisition 

process.

    (b) The following words and terms are used as defined in this 

subpart unless the context in which they are used clearly requires a 

different meaning, or a different definition is prescribed for a 

particular part or portion of a part:

    Competition Advocate The Competition Advocate for the Department of 

Labor is appointed by the Assistant Secretary for Administration and 

Management and is defined in FAR 6.5 and 2906.5. If the appointee is 

recused from a procurement action, the Assistant Secretary for 

Administration and Management may designate another official to act in 

that capacity.

    Contracting Activity means an agency or component office within the 

Department of Labor with specific responsibility for managing contract 

functions pursuant to one or more warrants signed by the Senior 

Procurement Executive (or the Office of the Inspector General for its 

contracting activity).

    Contracting Officer's Technical Representative means the individual 

appointed by the contracting officer to represent the Department of 

Labor's programmatic interests on a Department of Labor contract, task 

order, or delivery order. This individual is responsible to the 

contracting officer for overseeing receipt and acceptance of goods/

services by the Government, reporting on the contractor's performance, 

and approving/disapproving payment to the contractor. Authority is 

otherwise limited to giving technical direction to the contractor within 

the framework of the contract (see 2901.603-71). This position may go by 

other titles, such as: a technical point of contact (TPOC) or Contacting 

Officer's Representative (COR).

    Head of Agency (also called agency head), for the FAR and DOLAR 

only, means the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management; 

except that the Secretary of Labor is the Head of Agency for acquisition 

actions, which by the terms of a statute or delegation must be performed 

specifically by the Secretary of Labor; the Inspector General is the 

Head of Agency in all cases for the Office of the Inspector General. 

Authority to act as the Head of Agency has been delegated to the 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training and the Assistant 

Secretary for Mine Safety and Health for their respective agencies. For 

purposes of the Economy Act (determinations and interagency agreements 

under FAR 17.5) only, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, 

Employment Standards Administration, Women's Bureau, Office of the 

Solicitor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Disability Employment 

Policy, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are 

delegated contracting authority.

    Head of Contracting Activity (HCA) means the official who has 

overall responsibility for managing the contracting activity, when the 

contracting activity has more than one person with a warrant issued by 

the Senior Procurement Executive. In the Department of Labor the 

following officials are the HCA for their respective organization:

    (i) For the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Director, 

Administration and Management, MSHA.

    (ii) For the Employment and Training Administration, the Director, 

Office of Grants and Contract Management, ETA.

    (iii) For the Office of the Inspector General, the Director, 

Division of Finance and Administration, OIG.

    (iv) For the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Director, Division of 

Administrative Services, BLS.

    (v) For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and 

Management and all other agencies not listed in this definition, the 

Director, Business Operations Center, OASAM.

    Senior Procurement Executive means the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Administration and Management as defined at FAR 2.101.



[69 FR 22991, Apr. 27, 2004]