---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 17.603"
title: "48"
number: "17.603"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/17.603"
---

# §17.603. Limitations.

- (a) Management and operating contracts shall not be authorized for—
  - (1) Functions involving the direction, supervision, or control of Government personnel, except for supervision incidental to training;
  - (2) Functions involving the exercise of police or regulatory powers in the name of the Government, other than guard or plant protection services;
  - (3) Functions of determining basic Government policies;
  - (4) Day-to-day staff or management functions of the agency or of any of its elements; or
  - (5) Functions that can more properly be accomplished in accordance with [Subpart 45.3](/cfr/48/subpart45.3.md), Authorizing the Use and Rental of Government Property.
- (b) Since issuance of an authorization under 17.602(a) is deemed sufficient proof of compliance with [paragraph (a)](#a) immediately above, nothing in [paragraph (a)](#a) immediately above shall affect the validity or legality of such an authorization.
- (c) For use of project labor agreements, see [subpart 22.5](/cfr/48/subpart22.5.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 39204, July 26, 1996, as amended at 66 FR 27415, May 16, 2001; 72 FR 27384, May 15, 2007; 74 FR 34207, July 14, 2009; 75 FR 19177, Apr. 13, 2010]

### 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.

### Amendments

[61 FR 39204, July 26, 1996, as amended at 66 FR 27415, May 16, 2001; 72 FR 27384, May 15, 2007; 74 FR 34207, July 14, 2009; 75 FR 19177, Apr. 13, 2010]