{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-3.603","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 3.603","heading":"3.603 Responsibilities of the contracting officer.","body":"(a) Before awarding a contract, the contracting officer shall obtain an authorization under 3.602 if—\n(1) The contracting officer knows, or has reason to believe, that a prospective contractor is one to which award is otherwise prohibited under 3.601; and\n(2) There is a most compelling reason to make an award to that prospective contractor.\n(b) The contracting officer shall comply with the requirements and guidance in subpart 9.5 before awarding a contract to an organization owned or substantially owned or controlled by Government employees.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 3—IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST","Subpart 3.6—Contracts With Government Employees or Organizations Owned or Controlled by Them"],"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":"cbfdc839fbdf58a83e2a689c82d93a8eb8c4e7080ed26f0e564cd6faeb5c5243","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-3.602","next":"us/48-cfr-3.700"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}