{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-637.103","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 637.103","heading":"637.103 Contracting officer responsibility.","body":"(a)(2) The Office of the Legal Adviser is the DOS legal counsel for the purposes of FAR 37.103(a)(2).\n(e) The Contracting Officer shall review the Forms DS-4208 submitted by requiring activities, not contract for inherently governmental functions and assist in implementation of mitigation strategies for efforts that are closely associated with inherently governmental functions. A copy of the DS-4208 shall be retained in the contract file.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 6—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER F—SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING","PART 637—SERVICE CONTRACTING","Subpart 637.1—Service Contracts—General"],"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":"29d0757d732d19a1ef317741c86d94cfde24568cbfd892dc69f10e8839b7cc99","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-637.102-71","next":"us/48-cfr-637.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}