48 CFR § 208.7001 - 208.7001 Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s208.7001"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 208.7001 - 208.7001 Definitions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "208.7001"
section_name: "208.7001 Definitions."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "208"
part_name: "REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES"
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. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36306, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "208"
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# 208.7001 208.7001 Definitions.
For purposes of this subpart—
*Acquiring department* means the department, agency, or General Services Administration which has contracting responsibility under the Coordinated Acquisition Program.
*Integrated materiel management* means assignment of acquisition management responsibility to one department, agency, or the General Services Administration for all of DoD's requirements for the assigned item. Acquisition management normally includes computing requirements, funding, budgeting, storing, issuing, cataloging, standardizing, and contracting functions.
*Requiring department* means the department or agency which has the requirement for an item.