---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 42.1103"
title: "48"
number: "42.1103"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/42.1103"
---

# §42.1103. Policy.


The contractor is responsible for timely contract performance. The Government will maintain surveillance of contractor performance as necessary to protect its interests. When the contracting office retains a contract for administration, the contracting officer administering the contract shall determine the extent of surveillance.


## 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 42370, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.