---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 17.601"
title: "48"
number: "17.601"
heading: "Definition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/17.601"
---

# §17.601. Definition.


Management and operating contract means an agreement under which the Government contracts for the operation, maintenance, or support, on its behalf, of a Government-owned or -controlled research, development, special production, or testing establishment wholly or principally devoted to one or more major programs of the contracting Federal agency.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42231, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.