[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 44.3_Contractors' Purchasing Systems Reviews

 

44.303  Extent of review.



    A CPSR requires an evaluation of the contractor's purchasing system. 

Unless segregation of subcontracts is impracticable, this evaluation 

shall not include subcontracts awarded by the contractor exclusively in 

support of Government contracts that are competitively awarded firm-

fixed-price, competitively awarded fixed-price with economic price 

adjustment, or awarded for commercial items pursuant to part 12. The 

considerations listed in 44.202-2 for consent evaluation of particular 

subcontracts also shall be used to evaluate the contractor's purchasing 

system, including the contractor's policies, procedures, and performance 

under that system. Special attention shall be given to--

    (a) The degree of price competition obtained;

    (b) Pricing policies and techniques, including methods of obtaining 

accurate, complete, and current cost or pricing data and certification 

as required;

    (c) Methods of evaluating subcontractor responsibility, including 

the contractor's use of the Excluded Parties List System (see 9.404) 

and, if the contractor has subcontracts with parties on the list, the 

documentation, systems, and procedures the contractor has established to 

protect the Government's interests (see 9.405-2).

    (d) Treatment accorded affiliates and other concerns having close 

working arrangements with the contractor;



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    (e) Policies and procedures pertaining to small business concerns, 

including small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and 

service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns;

    (f) Planning, award, and postaward management of major subcontract 

programs;

    (g) Compliance with Cost Accounting Standards in awarding 

subcontracts;

    (h) Appropriateness of types of contracts used (see 16.103); and

    (i) Management control systems, including internal audit procedures, 

to administer progress payments to subcontractors.



[48 FR 42388, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 9039, Mar. 20, 1987; 

54 FR 19827, May 8, 1989; 60 FR 33066, June 26, 1995; 60 FR 48264, Sept. 

18, 1995; 62 FR 12719, Mar. 17, 1997; 63 FR 70288, Dec. 18, 1998; 69 FR 

76349, Dec. 20, 2004; 70 FR 14955, Mar. 23, 2005]