48 CFR § 44.101 - 44.101 Definitions.

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title: "48 CFR § 44.101 - 44.101   Definitions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "44.101"
section_name: "44.101   Definitions."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
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part_number: "44"
part_name: "SUBCONTRACTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES"
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authority: "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 42388, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 44.101 44.101   Definitions.

As used in this part—

*Approved purchasing system* means a contractor's purchasing system that has been reviewed and approved in accordance with this part.

*Contractor* means the total contractor organization or a separate entity of it, such as an affiliate, division, or plant, that performs its own purchasing.

*Contractor purchasing system review (CPSR)* means the complete evaluation of a contractor's purchasing of material and services, subcontracting, and subcontract management from development of the requirement through completion of subcontract performance.

*Subcontract* means any contract as defined in subpart 2.1 entered into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies or services for performance of a prime contract or a subcontract. It includes but is not limited to purchase orders, and changes and modifications to purchase orders.

*Subcontractor* means any supplier, distributor, vendor, or firm that furnishes supplies or services to or for a prime contractor or another subcontractor.

[48 FR 42388, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 26903, June 28, 1985; 66 FR 2133, Jan. 10, 2001; 72 FR 27385, May 15, 2007]