48 CFR § 1.604 - 1.604 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1.604"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1.604 - 1.604 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1.604"
section_name: "1.604 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42103, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1"
---
# 1.604 1.604 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
A contracting officer's representative (COR) assists in the technical monitoring or administration of a contract (*see* 1.602-2(d)). The COR shall maintain a file for each assigned contract. The file must include, at a minimum—
(a) A copy of the contracting officer's letter of designation and other documents describing the COR's duties and responsibilities;
(b) A copy of the contract administration functions delegated to a contract administration office which may not be delegated to the COR (*see* 1.602-2(d)(4)); and
(c) Documentation of COR actions taken in accordance with the delegation of authority.
[76 FR 14545, Mar. 16, 2011]