48 CFR § 218.270 - 218.270 Head of contracting activity determinations.

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title: "48 CFR § 218.270 - 218.270   Head of contracting activity determinations."
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# 218.270 218.270   Head of contracting activity determinations.

The term “head of the agency” is replaced with “head of the contracting activity,” as defined in FAR 2.101, in the following locations:

(a) FAR 2.101: definition of “simplified acquisition threshold.”

(b) FAR 12.102(f).

(c) FAR 13.201(g).

(d) FAR 13.500(c)(1).

(e) FAR 18.2.

[74 FR 2407, Jan. 15, 2009. Redesignated at 76 FR 44281, July 25, 2011; 82 FR 61480, Dec. 28, 2017. Redesignated and amended at 83 FR 24890, May 30, 2018]