48 CFR § 1315.303 - 1315.303 Responsibilities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1315.303"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1315.303 - 1315.303 Responsibilities."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1315.303"
section_name: "1315.303 Responsibilities."
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "1315"
part_name: "CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION"
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. 414; 48 CFR 1.301-1.304."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 10570, Mar. 8, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1315"
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# 1315.303 1315.303 Responsibilities.
The contracting officer is designated as the source selection authority for competitive negotiated acquisitions of less than $10,000,000. The source selection authority for large dollar competitive negotiated acquisitions of $10,000,000 or more is the head of the operating unit. The head of the operating unit may re-delegate the authority to a Department manager who is at an organizational level above the contracting officer and who has sufficient rank and professional experience to effectively carry out the functions of a source selection authority.