[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 48CFR702.170-3]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

             CHAPTER 7--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 702_DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart 702.170_Definitions

 

Sec. 702.170-3  Contracting activities.



    The contracting activities within USAID are:

    (a) The USAID/Washington activities. The contracting activities 

located in Washington are the Office of Procurement, Office of Foreign 

Disaster Assistance, and Center for Human Capacity Development (G/HCD). 

Subject to the limitations stated in 702.170-10, these contracting 

activities are responsible for procurement related to programs and 

activities for their areas. The Office of Procurement is responsible for 

procurements which do not fall within the responsibility of other 

contracting activities, or which are otherwise assigned to it.

    (b) The overseas field contracting activities. Each USAID Mission or 

post overseas is a contracting activity, responsible for procurement 

related to its programs and activities, subject to the limitations in 

702.170-10(b), which sets forth the contracting authority for Mission 

Directors and principal USAID officers at posts.



[50 FR 16085, Apr. 24, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 40528, Oct. 4, 1985; 50 

FR 50302, Dec. 10, 1985; 51 FR 20651, June 6, 1986; 56 FR 67224, Dec. 

30, 1991; 61 FR 39091, July 26, 1996; 62 FR 40466, July 29, 1997]