---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 232.070"
title: "48"
number: "232.070"
heading: "Responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/232.070"
---

# §232.070. Responsibilities.

- (a) The Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&S)DPCAP) is responsible for ensuring uniform administration of DoD contract financing, including DoD contract financing policies and important related procedures. Agency discretion under FAR [part 32](/cfr/48/part32.md) is at the DoD level and is not delegated to the departments and agencies. Proposals by the departments and agencies, to exercise agency discretion, shall be submitted to OUSD(A&S)DPCAP.
- (b) **Departments and agencies are responsible for their day-to-day contract financing operations.** Refer specific cases involving financing policy or important procedural issues to OUSD(A&S)DPCAP for consideration through the department/agency Contract Finance Committee members (also see [subpart 201.4](/cfr/48/subpart201.4.md) for deviation request and approval procedures).
- (c) See PGI 232.070(c) for information on department/agency contract financing offices.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 11535, Mar. 9, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 39705, June 27, 2000; 68 FR 7440, Feb. 14, 2003; 70 FR 75412, Dec. 20, 2005; 72 FR 20765, Apr. 26, 2007; 88 FR 73237, Oct. 25, 2023; 89 FR 60832, July 29, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36409, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 11535, Mar. 9, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 39705, June 27, 2000; 68 FR 7440, Feb. 14, 2003; 70 FR 75412, Dec. 20, 2005; 72 FR 20765, Apr. 26, 2007; 88 FR 73237, Oct. 25, 2023; 89 FR 60832, July 29, 2024]