[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: 48CFR34.003]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 34_MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart 34.0_General

 

Sec. 34.003  Responsibilities.



    (a) As required by A-109, the agency head or designee shall 

establish written procedures for its implementation.

    (b) The agency procedures shall identify the key decision points of 

each major system acquisition and the agency official(s) for making 

those decisions.

    (c) Systems acquisitions normally designated as major are those 

programs that, as determined by the agency head, (1) are directed at and 

critical to fulfilling an agency mission need, (2) entail allocating 

relatively large resources for the particular agency, and (3) warrant 

special management attention, including specific agency-head decisions. 

The agency procedures may establish additional criteria, as specified in 

A-109, for designating major programs system acquisitions.