(1) Army contracting activities are listed in DFARS 202.101.
(2) HCAs and other contracting officials may re-delegate their contracting authority when consistent with higher-level regulations and directives.
(3) Secretarial delegations of authority and redelegations. Delegations or re-delegation must reference the applicable AFARS citation. Expiration dates may be included; otherwise, the delegations and re-delegations stay effective until superseded or canceled.
(4) HCA responsibilities.
(i) Each HCA must ensure all purchases subject to provisions of FAR, DFARS, DFARS PGI, and AFARS are made by contracting officers selected and appointed in accordance with 5101.603.
(ii) Each HCA must appoint a PARC. When selecting the PARC, the HCA must comply with the requirements of Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.66 governing the selection of senior contracting officials.
(A) PARCs will be the senior staff official of the contracting function within the contracting activity.
(B) The PARC shall head an organizational element reporting directly to the HCA. Waivers to this requirement can only be approved by the DASA(P). Requests for a waiver must contain adequate rationale justifying the placement of the PARC in a position other than one reporting directly to the HCA.
(C) The PARC must be assigned, or have direct access to, the personnel and other essential resources necessary to perform all the functions assigned or delegated by the HCA.
(D) For contracting officers, the HCA shall establish appropriate business clearance procedures to ensure compliance with Subpart 5115.406.
[AFARS Revision #21, dated May 22, 2007]
(5) PARC responsibilities. PARCs must -
(i) Carry out those delegable authorities of the HCA except when the HCA elects to exercise selected authorities;
(ii) Head and oversee organizational element reporting directly to the HCA unless an exception has been approved by HQDA; and
(iii) Notify in writing the addressee in 5101.290(b)(3) when there is a newly assigned HCA or PARC. [AFARS Revision #005, dated September 27, 2002]
