govt2310 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Can a contract designate other individuals, besides the Contracting Officer, as authorized to issue task orders off an IDIQ for services? I thought that only a warranted Contracting Officer or Purchaser could obligate funds on behalf of the Government. However, others I know believe that it is OK to designate the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) as authorized to "issue task orders." I am told that this is a common practice at DOD and other agencies. I never heard of it before. Can anyone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
policyguy Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I am aware of the Army using Ordering Officers - see "AFARS 5101.602-2-90 -- Appointment of ordering officers". I'm not sure how much they are using them now but in my past experience they did use them mainly on IDIQ contracts with delivery orders for spare parts that were FFP. I seem to recall it worked well but involved formal training for the ordering officers and good monitoring by the contracting officers. From my past experience it worked well and helped reduce cycle time for delivery order actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 You would need a warrant but the list of who can have a warrant varies by Agency policy. I do not think we have any ordering officers but we do have a few CORs that have $25K warrants to issue change orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
govt2310 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks everyone - this helps me. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Culham Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I was reading through this and all of sudden the light bulb went on and I was reminded of this..... http://www.wifcon.com/discussion/index.php?/topic/1019-delegate-or-designate-authority-to-an-ordering-official-under-a-blanket-purchase-agreement-bpa-or-other-indefinite-delivery-contract-idc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
govt2310 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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