{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-42.1105","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 42.1105","heading":"42.1105 Assignment of criticality designator.","body":"Contracting officers shall assign a criticality designator to each contract in the space for designating the contract administration office, as follows:\nCriticality Designator Criterion\nA Critical contracts, including DX-rated contracts (see subpart 11.6), contracts citing the authority in 6.302-2 (unusual and compelling urgency), and contracts for major systems.\nB Contracts (other than those designated “A”) for items needed to maintain a Government or contractor production or repair line, to preclude out-of-stock conditions or to meet user needs for nonstock items.\nC All contracts other than those designated “A” or “B.”","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER G—CONTRACT MANAGEMENT","PART 42—CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES","Subpart 42.11—Production Surveillance and Reporting"],"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":"b55b29102c2311f759be93e36796644df7af54b369478c2516dafe5e27b9568b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-42.1104","next":"us/48-cfr-42.1106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}