48 CFR § 242.1105 - 242.1105 Assignment of criticality designator.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s242.1105"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 242.1105 - 242.1105 Assignment of criticality designator."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "242.1105"
section_name: "242.1105 Assignment of criticality designator."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "242"
part_name: "CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES"
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. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36437, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "242"
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# 242.1105 242.1105 Assignment of criticality designator.
(1) Contracting officers shall—
(i) Assign criticality designator A to items with a priority 01, 02, 03, or 06 (if emergency supply of clothing) under DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 5, DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Delivery of Materiel; and
(ii) Ordinarily assign criticality designator C to unilateral purchase orders.
(2) Only the contracting officer shall change the assigned designator.
[56 FR 36437, July 31, 1991, as amended at 67 FR 61516, Oct. 1, 2002, 82 FR 61481, Dec. 28, 2017]