1209

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

1209.1

The contracting officer may appoint a contract administrator for each contract.

1209.2

The contracting officer may delegate the following functions to a contract administrator:

(a) Prepare a clear and concise statement of work;

(b) Determine the allowability, suspension, or disapproval of costs;

(c) Approve or disapprove contractor invoices;

(d) Review and approve or disapprove a contractor's requests for payments under progress payments or performance-based payment structures;

(e) Take action to recover overpayments from the contractor;

(f) Perform production support, oversight, and status reporting, including timely reporting of potential and actual slippages in contract delivery schedules;

(g) Advise the contracting officer of any actual or potential labor disputes;

(h) Ensure contractor compliance with contractual quality assurance requirements;

(i) Ensure contractor compliance with contractual safety requirements;

(j) Perform surveillance to assess compliance with contractual terms for schedule, cost, and technical performance in the areas of design, development and production;

(k) Report to the contracting officer any inadequacies noted in the specifications;

(l) Ensure timely submission of required reports;

(m) Monitor contractor compliance with specifications or other contractual requirements;

(n) Prepare evaluations of contractor performance in accordance with

chapter 22 of this title; and

(o) Any other function relating to contract administration not expressly reserved by these rules to the contracting officer.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1407 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9071 (September 27, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 11077, 11078 (December 23, 2011).