[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: 48CFR44]



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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

 

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.

    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]