Before an individual may perform the duties of a Project Officer, including development of an Acquisition Plan (AP) or other acquisition request documentation- see 307.71, for a proposed project, the Program Manager or designee shall designate an individual as a Project Officer in writing by means of a memorandum to the Project Officer candidate with a copy to the cognizant Contracting Officer. A Project Officer must successfully complete HHS University's Basic Contracting Officer's Technical Representative Course or equivalent and any OPDIV-specific course prerequisites. The Project Officer must provide a course completion certificate to the Contracting Officer with any AP or other acquisition request documentation submitted. See HHS' COTR Handbook for additional information on the basic training requirement for Project Officers and guidance on the training requirement for technical proposal evaluators in 315.305(a)(3)(ii).
[74 FR 62398, Nov. 27, 2009, as amended at 75 FR 21509, Apr. 26, 2010]
