Role and Mission of the Contracting Officer.

Abstract

The objective of the study was to recommend definitions of the roles of Department of Defense procuring contracting officers (PCOs) as they pertain to their assigned missions in weapon system acquisition. It has been concluded that broad interpretation of the role of the contracting officer, as an individual separate from the program manager (PM) of a major defense system, is incompatible with the authority and responsibilities of the program manager (PM). The report discusses the role, authority, responsibilities, and organizational location of the PCO in the program management environment. Some recommendations are made. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780796

Entities

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Government Procurement
  • Political Science
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Public Administration
  • Social Sciences
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design