{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-1315.303","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 1315.303","heading":"1315.303 Responsibilities.","body":"The contracting officer is designated as the source selection authority for competitive negotiated acquisitions of less than $10,000,000. The source selection authority for large dollar competitive negotiated acquisitions of $10,000,000 or more is the head of the operating unit. The head of the operating unit may re-delegate the authority to a Department manager who is at an organizational level above the contracting officer and who has sufficient rank and professional experience to effectively carry out the functions of a source selection authority.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 13—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER C—CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES","PART 1315—CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION","Subpart 1315.3—Source Selection"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"00c919e2951d41f51bbda9cf4a679ecbc4509f4682d3a127d20b3f4be149d481","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-1315.209","next":"us/48-cfr-1315.305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}