48 CFR § 17.601 - 17.601 Definition.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s17.601"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 17.601 - 17.601 Definition."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "17.601"
section_name: "17.601 Definition."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "17"
part_name: "SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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 42231, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "17"
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# 17.601 17.601 Definition.
*Management and operating contract* means an agreement under which the Government contracts for the operation, maintenance, or support, on its behalf, of a Government-owned or -controlled research, development, special production, or testing establishment wholly or principally devoted to one or more major programs of the contracting Federal agency.