48 CFR § 637.103 - 637.103 Contracting officer responsibility.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s637.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 637.103 - 637.103 Contracting officer responsibility."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "637.103"
section_name: "637.103 Contracting officer responsibility."
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "637"
part_name: "SERVICE CONTRACTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 26176, July 11, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "637"
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# 637.103 637.103 Contracting officer responsibility.
(a)(2) The Office of the Legal Adviser is the DOS legal counsel for the purposes of FAR 37.103(a)(2).
(e) The Contracting Officer shall review the Forms DS-4208 submitted by requiring activities, not contract for inherently governmental functions and assist in implementation of mitigation strategies for efforts that are closely associated with inherently governmental functions. A copy of the DS-4208 shall be retained in the contract file.
[53 FR 26176, July 11, 1988, as amended at 80 FR 6922, Feb. 9, 2015]