FAR 42.1202 Responsibility for executing agreements
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 42.1202
- 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
The contracting officer responsible for processing and executing novation and change-of-name agreements shall be determined as follows:
(a) If any of the affected contracts held by the transferor have been assigned to an administrative contracting officer (ACO) (see 2.1 and 42.202), the responsible contracting officer shall be-
(1) This ACO; or
(2) The ACO responsible for the corporate office, if affected contracts are in more than one plant or division of the transferor.
(b) If none of the affected contracts held by the transferor have been assigned to an ACO, the contracting officer responsible for the largest unsettled (unbilled plus billed but unpaid) dollar balance of contracts shall be the responsible contracting officer.
(c) If several transferors are involved, the responsible contracting officer shall be-
(1) The ACO administering the largest unsettled dollar balance; or
(2) The contracting officer (or ACO) designated by the agency having the largest unsettled dollar balance, if none of the affected contracts have been assigned to an ACO.
Sections cited
- FAR Subpart 2.1 Definitions
- FAR 42.202 Assignment of contract administration
Quick answers
What is FAR 42.1202?
FAR 42.1202 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Responsibility for executing agreements".
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