---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 4.1704"
title: "48"
number: "4.1704"
heading: "Contracting officer responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/4.1704"
---

# §4.1704. Contracting officer responsibilities.

- (a) For other than indefinite-delivery contracts, the contracting officer shall ensure that 52.204-14, Service Reporting Requirement, is included in solicitations, contracts, and orders as prescribed at 4.1705. For indefinite-delivery contracts, the contracting officer who awarded the contract shall ensure that 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts, is included in solicitations and contracts as prescribed at 4.1705. The contracting officer at the order level shall verify the clause's inclusion in the contract.
- (b) If the contractor fails to submit a report in a timely manner, the contracting officer shall exercise appropriate contractual remedies. In addition, the contracting officer shall make the contractor's failure to comply with the reporting requirements a part of the contractor's performance information under [subpart 42.15](/cfr/48/subpart42.15.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 78 FR 80374, Dec. 31, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### 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 42113, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.