48 CFR § 709.503 - 709.503 Waiver.

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title: "48 CFR § 709.503 - 709.503   Waiver."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "709.503"
section_name: "709.503   Waiver."
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "709"
part_name: "CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Sec. 621, Pub. L. 87-195, 75 Stat. 445, (22 U.S.C. 2381) as amended; E.O. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 FR 56673; 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 435."
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# 709.503 709.503   Waiver.

For purposes of approving waivers or further delegating the authority to approve waivers pursuant to (48 CFR) FAR 9.503, the M/OAA Director is the agency head (see (48 CFR) AIDAR 701.601(a)(1)). The M/OAA Director hereby delegates the authority to approve waivers pursuant to (48 CFR) FAR 9.503 to the heads of USAID contracting activities, as defined in (48 CFR) AIDAR 702.170.

[64 FR 42042, Aug. 3, 1999, as amended at 72 FR 19670, Apr. 19, 2007; 79 FR 74988, 74992, Dec. 16, 2014]