Can the Source Selection Authority and Contracting Officer be the same?

 

 

Yes. See FAR 15.303(a):

Agency heads are responsible for source selection. The contracting officer is designated as the source selection authority, unless the agency head appoints another individual for a particular acquisition or group of acquisitions.

Thank you Don. It's not spelled out in our NAVFAC BMS, NFAS or the NMCARS. 

 

v/r,

Christine Reyes

You're welcome. 

Are you the Christine Reyes that I know from way back when?

Don:

Are you familiar with way back then?

Yes I am. You were a great mentor to me at SWRMC, and you still are.  Good to hear from you.   

14 minutes ago, bob7947 said:

Don:

Are you familiar with way back then?

Less and less each day 

51 minutes ago, Don Mansfield said:

Less and less each day 

It was prior to yesteryear and after The Before Times. 

Since it sounds like you're DOD, the Department of Defense Source Selection Procedures dated 1 Apr 2016 add the requirement for acquisitions over $100 million that "the Agency head shall appoint, in writing, an individual other than the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) as the Source Selection Authority (SSA)."