1209. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

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: Prepare a clear and concise statement of work; Determine the allowability, suspension, or disapproval of costs; Approve or disapprove contractor invoices; Review and approve or disapprove a contractor’s requests for payments under progress payments or performance-based payment structures; Take action to recover overpayments from the contractor; Perform production support, oversight, and status reporting, including timely reporting of potential and actual slippages in contract delivery schedules; Advise the contracting officer of any actual or potential labor disputes; Ensure contractor compliance with contractual quality assurance requirements; Ensure contractor compliance with contractual safety requirements; Perform surveillance to assess compliance with contractual terms for schedule, cost, and technical performance in the areas of design, development and production; Report to the contracting officer any inadequacies noted in the specifications; Ensure timely submission of required reports; Monitor contractor compliance with specifications or other contractual requirements; Prepare evaluations of contractor performance in accordance with chapter 22 of this title; and 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).