---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 44.305-1"
title: "48"
number: "44.305-1"
heading: "Responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/44.305-1"
---

# §44.305-1. Responsibilities.


The cognizant ACO is responsible for granting, withholding, or withdrawing approval of a contractor's purchasing system. The ACO shall—

- (a) Approve a purchasing system only after determining that the contractor's purchasing policies and practices are efficient and provide adequate protection of the Government's interests; and
- (b) **Promptly notify the contractor in writing of the granting, withholding, or withdrawal of approval.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 12719, Mar. 17, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 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 42388, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 12719, Mar. 17, 1997]