---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 642.271"
title: "48"
number: "642.271"
heading: "Government Technical Monitor (GTM)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/642.271"
---

# §642.271. Government Technical Monitor (GTM).

- (a) **Policy.** The contracting officer may appoint a Government Technical Monitor (GTM) to assist the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) in monitoring a contractor's performance. The contracting officer may appoint a GTM because of physical proximity to the contractor's work site, or because of special skills or knowledge necessary for monitoring the contractor's work. The contracting officer may also appoint a GTM to represent the interests of another requirements office or post concerned with the contractor's work. A GTM shall be a direct-hire U.S. Government employee.

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 19338, Apr. 13, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 26176, July 11, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 19338, Apr. 13, 2004]