FAR 34.003 Responsibilities
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 34.003
- Type
- Section
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
(a) As required by A-109, the agency head or designee shall establish written procedures for its implementation.
(b) The agency procedures shall identify the key decision points of each major system acquisition and the agency official(s) for making those decisions.
(c) Systems acquisitions normally designated as major are those programs that, as determined by the agency head, (1) are directed at and critical to fulfilling an agency mission need, (2) entail allocating relatively large resources for the particular agency, and (3) warrant special management attention, including specific agency-head decisions. The agency procedures may establish additional criteria, as specified in A-109, for designating major programs system acquisitions.
Quick answers
What is FAR 34.003?
FAR 34.003 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Responsibilities".
Are changes to FAR 34.003 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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