SUBPART
245.70--APPointment of property administrators and plant clearance officers
245.7001 Selection,
appointment, and termination.
245.7002 Duties and
responsibilities of plant clearance officers.
245.7001 Selection,
appointment, and termination.
(a) The head of a
contracting activity for the Defense Logistics Agency, or the head of the
contract administration office for other departments and agencies shall select,
appoint, or terminate (in writing) property administrators and plant clearance
officers.
(b) In selecting
qualified property administrators and plant clearance officers, the appointment
authority shall consider experience, training, education, business acumen,
judgment, character, and ethics.
245.7002 Duties and
responsibilities of plant clearance officers.
The plant clearance officer
shall—
(a) Instruct the
contractor on the preparation of inventory schedules;
(b) Make pre-inventory
scrap determinations;
(c) Determine the
acceptability of inventory schedules and DD Forms 1342, DoD Property Record;
(d) Prepare and
maintain plant clearance cases and disposal documents;
(e) Initiate screening
and provide technical support to screeners in the selection of assets;
(f) Conduct or arrange
for verification of the following—
(1) Quantity, condition, description, and
special processing requirements of property listed on inventory schedules;
(2) Technical and quantitative allocability of
property;
(g) Ensure the timely
shipment or release by the contractor of property selected for transfer and
donation;
(h) Determine the
appropriate method of disposal for items not selected for Federal agency use or
donation and ensure final plant clearance is accomplished;
(i) Evaluate and
monitor the contractor's surplus property sales program;
(j) For individual
surplus property sales—
(1) Approve method of sale;
(2) Ensure the sales offerings meet prescribed
requirements;
(3) Witness bid openings;
(4) Evaluate bids;
(5) Approve sale awards;
(6) Secure anti-trust clearances, as required;
(7) Recommend the reasonableness of selling
expenses; and
(8) Ensure that sales proceeds are collected and
property credited;
(k) Monitor ongoing
plant clearance actions to ensure delays are minimized and, when necessary,
work with the contractor and property administrator to implement improvements;
(l) Evaluate the adequacy
of the contractor’s property disposal procedures;
(m) Support the
property administrator during the compliance analysis of the disposition
portion of the contractor’s property control procedures;
(n) Report all disposal
deficiencies to the property administrator;
(o) Account for all
contractor inventory reported for disposal by the contractor and prepare
prescribed plant clearance reports; and
(p) Advise and assist
the contractor, contracting officer, inventory manager, Federal agencies, and
eligible donees in actions related to the proper and timely disposal of
contractor inventory.