(S-90) Contracting Office Responsibilities.
(a) The contracting officer shall:
(1) Ensure that those individuals authorized to place calls under BPAs have received training and orientation in accordance with (b).
(2) Provide a copy of the BPA to individuals authorized to place BPA calls.
(3) Ensure that individuals have ready access to price lists or catalogs incorporated in BPAs [The use of reverse auctions to determine pricing between BPA’s is the preferred method.].
(4) Ensure that suppliers are provided the names of individuals authorized to place calls.
(5) Inform individuals authorized to place calls that the authority may not be redelegated to others.
(b) Training for use of BPAs is the same as that required for the use of purchase cards. Orientation must focus on the BPA process, except that if the same individual will also be a purchase cardholder, BPA orientation must be in addition to the Purchase Card Program orientation. The chief of the contracting office is responsible for approving training course content and instructor qualifications when training is provided by someone outside the contracting office.
[AFARS Revision #21, dated May 22, 2007]
