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23 Contracting Authority

The Supply Management vice president has delegated unlimited contracting authority to the Facilities vice president for real estate and related services, including authority to:

  1. Develop policies and procedures unique to contracting for real estate and related services.
  2. Approve deviations to those policies and procedures and appoint, recertify, and terminate contracting officers (COs) authorized to contract for real estate and related services when deemed appropriate.
  3. Approve noncompetitive purchases of real estate and related services, regardless of the dollar value, when deemed appropriate.
  4. Ratify unauthorized contractual commitments, regardless of the dollar value, if such actions have occurred during the contracting process for real estate or related services.
  5. Redelegate the authorities of a, b, c, and d of this section.

Note: This contracting authority is not to be confused with budget approval or project approval.




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