[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 48CFR402.101]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                  CHAPTER 4--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 402_DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS--Table of Contents

 

                        Subpart 402.1_Definitions

 

Sec. 402.101  Definitions.





    Acquisition official means an individual who has been delegated 

authority to manage or to exercise acquisition functions and 

responsibilities.

    Agency head or Head of the Agency means the Secretary of 

Agriculture, Deputy Secretary, or the Assistant Secretary for 

Administration.

    Head of the contracting activity (HCA) means the official who has 

overall responsibility for managing the contracting activity (i.e., 

Chief, Forest Service; Administrator, Agricultural Research Service; 

etc.), or the individual designated by such an official to carry out the 

functions of the HCA.

    Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) means the agency official 

appointed as such by the head of the agency pursuant to Executive Order 

12931. The Director, Office of Procurement and Property Management, has 

been designated as the USDA SPE.



[61 FR 53646, Oct. 15, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 26994, May 15, 1998]