(Revised
August 31, 2000)
202.101 Definitions.
202.101 Definitions.
“Congressional defense committees” means—
(1) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(2) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(3) The Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
(4) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
"Contract administration office" also means a contract management office of the Defense Contract Management Agency.
“Contracting activity” for DoD also means elements designated by the director of a defense agency which has been delegated contracting authority through its agency charter. DoD contracting activities are—
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of Defense Education Activity
TRICARE Management Activity
Real Estate and Facilities Directorate, Washington Headquarters Services
ARMY
Contract Support Agency
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition,
Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command
Aviation and Missile Command
Industrial Operations Command
Communications-Electronics Command
Troop Support Agency
Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command
Training and Doctrine Command
Forces Command
Health Services Command
Military District of Washington
U.S. Army, Europe
National Guard Bureau
Corps of Engineers
Information Systems Command
Medical Research and Development Command
U.S. Army, Pacific
Military Traffic Management Command
Space and Strategic Defense Command
Eighth U.S. Army
Intelligence and Security Command
U.S. Army, South
Defense Supply Service-Washington
Directorate of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications
and Computers, Office of the Secretary of the Army
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
NAVY
Deputy, Acquisition and Business Management, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition)
Naval Air Systems Command
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Naval Inventory Control Point
Naval Sea Systems Command
Naval Supply Systems Command
Office of Naval Research
Military Sealift Command
Strategic Systems Programs
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps Material Command
Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
AIR FORCE
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting)
Air Force Materiel Command
Air Combat Command
Air Mobility Command
Air Education and Training Command
Pacific Air Forces
United States Air Forces in Europe
Air Force Space Command
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
Office of the Deputy Director, Management
DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Office of the Director, Defense Contract Management Agency
DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE
External Services, Defense Finance and Accounting Service
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Procurement
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Office of the Executive Director, Procurement Management, Defense Logistics
Support Command
Defense Supply Centers
Defense Energy Support Center
NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY
Procurement and Contracting Office
DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
Acquisition Management Office
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
Headquarters, National Security Agency
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION
Headquarters, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Headquarters, United States Special Operations Command
“Contracting officer's representative” means an individual designated and authorized in writing by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions.
“Departments and agencies,” as used in DFARS, means the military departments and the defense agencies. The military departments are the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (the Marine Corps is a part of the Department of the Navy). The defense agencies are the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Commissary Agency, the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Security Service, the Defense Logistics Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the National Security Agency, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and the United States Special Operations Command.
“Department of Defense (DoD),” as used in DFARS, means the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the defense agencies.
“Executive agency” means for DoD, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
“Head of the agency” means, for DoD, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force. Subject to the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), and the Director of Defense Procurement, the directors of the defense agencies have been delegated authority to act as head of the agency for their respective agencies (i.e., to perform functions under the FAR or DFARS reserved to a head of agency or agency head), except for such actions that by terms of statute, or any delegation, must be exercised within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
“Senior procurement executive” means, for DoD—
Department of Defense (including the defense agencies)--Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics);
Department of the Army--Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research,
Development and Acquisition);
Department of the Navy--Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research,
Development and Acquisition);
Department of the Air Force--Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
(Acquisition).
The directors of the defense agencies have been delegated authority to act as senior procurement executive for their respective agencies, except for such actions that by terms of statute, or any delegation, must be exercised by the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics).