txFed

Thanks, I understand and appreciate your response. It would seem as though the same contractor employees still have not taken the 40-hr class and being that some other COTR in the office are also saying its inherently government. Cheers

I have asked before and not really received a definitive answer to my question. Scenario: I am a project mgr and cotr. I have taken the 40-hr class and have a certificate in COTR duties. Assigned and issued paperwork indicating my cotr duties for projects from $25K - $250K. I do all the duties to ensure the gov gets what it paid for. We have contractors working alongside as the same. project mgrs and cotr. But the difference is, they dont have training, have different supervisor, pretty much "outside" the preview of the rest of the fed employee. I understand FAR 2.101 to imply that only fed employees are to certify payments to contractors for work using federal funds. It is an inherently protected activity. So where does one go to file a complaint or exercise the authority to stop this? The contractors as I hear are nation wide and in alot of the offices within a federal agency tasked with expending federal funds, such as DOD, NASA, GSA, etc. FAR 2.101 provides the following guidance: ?An inherently governmental function involves, among other things, the interpretation and execution of the laws of the United States so as to ? (v) Exert ultimate control over the acquisition, use, or disposition of the property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, of the United States, including the collection, control, or disbursement of Federal Funds.?