Chief Acquisition Officer definition

Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means a Chief Ac- quisition Officer for an executive agency ap- pointed pursuant to section 1702 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer or “CAO” means the official responsible for monitoring the agency’s acquisition activities, evaluating them based on applicable performance measurements, increasing the use of full and open competition in agency acquisitions, making acquisition decisions consistent with applicable laws, and establishing clear lines of authority, accountability, and responsibility for acquisition decision-making and developing and maintaining a acquisition career management program.
Chief Acquisition Officer means an executive level acquisition official responsible for agency performance of acquisition activities and acquisition programs created pursu- ant to the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003, Section 1421 of Public Law 108-136.

Examples of Chief Acquisition Officer in a sentence

  • DHS Delegation Number 00701 delegates this authority to the Chief Acquisition Officer.

  • DURES.—The Chief Acquisition Officer shall adopt, to the extent practicable, procedures modeled after those used by the Navy Senior Ac- quisition Official to approve all technical re- quirements.

  • AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subject to the author- ity, direction, and control of the head of an ex- ecutive agency, the Chief Acquisition Officer for that agency shall carry out all powers, functions, and duties of the head of the agency with respect to implementation of this sub- section.

  • The Chief Acquisition Officer shall en- sure that the policies established by the head of the agency in accordance with this sub- section are implemented throughout the agen- cy.

  • The GSA Ombudsman is: Task and Delivery Order Ombudsman Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer U.S. General Services Administration 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, DC 20405 Email: XXXXxxxxxxxXxxxxxx@xxx.xxx The Agency Ordering Contracting Officer (OCO) utilizing the GSA GWACs must identify their own Order-specific Agency Ombudsman that will respond to the Contractors’ complaints related to Fair Opportunity issues.


More Definitions of Chief Acquisition Officer

Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means the officer appointed under section 308 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer means the employee of a Federal agency designated as such pursuant to section 16(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a)).
Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means the officer appointed under section 56 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer means the officer appointed under section 55 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer means the employee of a Federal agency des- ignated as such pursuant to section 16(a) of the Office of Federal Procure- ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a)).
Chief Acquisition Officer means an executive level acquisition official responsible for agency performance of acquisition activities and acquisition programs created pursu- ant to 41 U.S.C. 1702.
Chief Acquisition Officer means the officer ap-