[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: 48CFR50]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 50_EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL ACTIONS--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart 50.2_Delegation of and Limitations on Exercise of Authority

 

50.201  Delegation of authority.





    An agency head may delegate in writing authority under the Act and 

Executive Order, subject to the following limitations:

    (a) Authority delegated shall be to a level high enough to ensure 

uniformity of action.

    (b) Authority to approve requests to obligate the Government in 

excess of $50,000 may not be delegated below the secretarial level.

    (c) Regardless of dollar amount, authority to approve any amendment 

without consideration that increases the contract price or unit price 

may not be delegated below the secretarial level, except in 

extraordinary cases or classes of cases when the agency head



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finds that special circumstances clearly justify such delegation.

    (d) Regardless of dollar amount, authority to indemnify against 

unusually hazardous or nuclear risks, including extension of such 

indemnification to subcontracts, shall be exercised only by the 

Secretary or Administrator of the agency concerned, the Public Printer, 

or the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley 

Authority (see 50.403).