1.  Contracting Officer Roles and Responsibilities

1.1 As part of the acquisition planning process, the CO shall determine the nature of the work/requirement (Type A, B, or C) as specified in OUSD (AT&L) Memorandum, 29 Mar 10, "DoD Standard for Certification of Contracting Officer's Representatives (COR) for Service Acquisitions."

1.1.1  Type A: fixed-price, low performance risk requirements;

1.1.2  Type B: other than fixed-price, low performance risk requirements;

1.1.3  Type C: unique requirements that necessitate a professional license, higher education, or specialized training

1.2  Based upon the CO's determination of type work/requirement and DFARS PGI 201.602-2, the CO shall determine if a COR is (or multiple or alternate CORs are) required to assist in technical monitoring or administration of a contract.  If yes, the CO must notify the requiring activity of the need for COR(s) support and shall complete and forward the Request for COR Support Template to the requiring activity.    

1.3  After receipt of the COR nomination package(s) from requiring activity (see COR Nomination Template), the CO shall determine if the prospective COR is:  

1.3.1  Qualified and acceptable or

1.3.2  Unqualified or unacceptable.  

1.3.2.1  If unqualified or unacceptable, the CO must identify specific deficiencies, notify the requiring activity, and request additional information or a new COR nomination.

1.4  The CO shall ensure contract-specific training (to include refresher training) is scheduled and provided to the prospective COR.  The training may be conducted by the CO, or the CO's designee, and shall consist of the following at a minimum prior to contract award:

CO or QAPC Led Training

1.4.1  Duties/responsibilities to be delegated;

1.4.2  Importance of COR performance;

1.4.3 Personal conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest;

1.4.4  Unauthorized commitments;

1.4.5  Ethics/integrity in relationships with the CO, COR management (e.g. COR Supervisor, Functional Commander/ Directors (FC/FD), and the contractor; and,

1.4.6  Discussion of the Seven Steps to the Services Acquisition Process at:  https://sam.dau.mil

CO Led Training

1.4.7  Contract-specific training consisting as a minimum of the following:

1.4.7.1 a discussion of the contract, performance work statement, and quality assurance surveillance plan;

1.4.7.2 an awareness of any areas in the contract susceptible to fraud, waste, and abuse; and,

1.4.7.3 creation, maintenance, and submission of all quality assurance  documentation and contractor performance assessment information required by the contract and applicable regulations.

1.4.8  A template for conducting contract-specific training, which may be tailored to fit your acquisition can be found at Suggested Contract-Specific Training Syllabus.

1.5  The CO shall appoint the COR via the COR Designation Memorandum (see COR Designation Memorandum Template), and forward a copy of the fully executed COR Designation Memorandum to the COR, contractor, QAPC and as applicable, to the contract administration office.

1.6  The CO shall review the COR's reports for completeness/accomplishment.

1.7  The CO shall provide an assessment on COR performance to the COR supervisor, as requested.

1.8  If COR reports and/or performance are inadequate, the CO shall provide a written assessment and discuss performance with the COR.  

1.9  If reports/performance continue to be inadequate, the CO shall provide a written assessment and discuss COR performance with COR management.

1.10  In cases where COR performance continues to be poor, the CO shall terminate the COR duties (see Termination of COR Designation Template), and request a COR replacement.  The requiring activity must provide a COR replacement to ensure continuous contract monitoring by a qualified individual.

1.11  Only the CO may terminate a COR Designation.

1.12  When the requiring activity requests termination of COR Designation, the CO shall terminate the COR Designation in writing.  The termination memorandum shall be executed by the CO and acknowledged by the COR and COR supervisor.  Include the signed Termination of COR Designation memorandum in the official contract file.

1.13  The CO shall forward a copy of the fully executed Termination of COR Designation memorandum to the COR, COR Supervisor, QAPC, and as applicable, to the contract administration office.