---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 903.603"
title: "48"
number: "903.603"
heading: "Responsibilities of the contracting officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/903.603"
---

# §903.603. Responsibilities of the contracting officer.

- (a) When the needs of the Government cannot be reasonably supplied by sources other than employees of the Government or sources which are substantially owned or controlled by Government employees, the contracting officer, in accordance with [48 CFR 3.602](/cfr/48/3.602.md), may submit, through the HCA, a request to the Senior Procurement Executive, with appropriate justification, for approval of an exception to the prohibitions contained in [48 CFR 3.601](/cfr/48/3.601.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 11940, Mar. 28, 1984, as amended at 59 FR 9104, Feb. 25, 1994; 74 FR 36378, July 22, 2009; 76 FR 7690, Feb. 11, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. and 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 11940, Mar. 28, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 11940, Mar. 28, 1984, as amended at 59 FR 9104, Feb. 25, 1994; 74 FR 36378, July 22, 2009; 76 FR 7690, Feb. 11, 2011]