(Revised
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
Acquisition
and Procurement Office,
ARMY
Contract
Support Agency
Office
of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition,
Aviation
and Missile Command
Industrial
Operations Command
Communications-Electronics
Command
Tank-Automotive
and Armaments Command
Training
and Doctrine Command
Forces
Command
Health
Services Command
Military
District of
National
Guard Bureau
Corps
of Engineers
Information
Systems Command
Medical
Research and Development Command
Military
Traffic Management Command
Space
and Strategic Defense Command
Eighth
Intelligence
and Security Command
Defense
Contracting Command-Washington
Directorate
of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications
and Computers, Office of the Secretary of the Army
NAVY
Deputy,
Acquisition 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
Marine
Corps Systems Command
Installations
and Logistics,
AIR
FORCE
Office
of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)
Office
of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting)
Air
Force Materiel Command
Air
Force Reserve Command
Air
Combat Command
Air
Mobility Command
Air
Education and Training Command
Pacific
Air Forces
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 Deputy Director, Logistics Operations
Defense
Supply Centers
NATIONAL
IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY
Procurement
and Contracting Office
DEFENSE
THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
Acquisition
Management Office
NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY
Headquarters,
National Security Agency
MISSILE
DEFENSE AGENCY
Headquarters,
Missile Defense Agency
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 Missile Defense Agency, 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 and Acquisition Policy, 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.
“Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI)”
means a companion resource to the DFARS that—
(1) Contains mandatory internal DoD procedures. The
DFARS will direct compliance with mandatory procedures using imperative
language such as “Follow the procedures at...” or similar directive language;
(2) Contains non-mandatory internal DoD procedures and guidance and supplemental information to
be used at the discretion of the contracting officer. The DFARS will point to non-mandatory
procedures, guidance, and information using permissive language such as “The
contracting officer may use...” or “Additional information is available at...”
or other similar language;
(3) Is numbered similarly to the DFARS, except
that each PGI numerical designation is preceded by
the letters “PGI”; and
(4) Is available electronically at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/index.htm.
“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 (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology);
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).