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AIDAR PART 702 -- DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS


PART 702 -- DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS


PART 702 -- DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS

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SUBPART 702.170 -- DEFINITIONS

702.170-1 USAID

702.170-2 Administrator.

702.170-3 Contracting activities.

702.170-4 Cooperating country

702.170-5 Cooperating country national (CCN).

702-170-6 Executive agency.

702.170-7 Foreign Assistance Act.

702.170-8 Government, Federal, State, local and political Subdivisions.

702.170-9 Head of the agency.

702.170-10 Head of the contracting activity.

702.170-11 Mission.

702.170-12 Overseas.

702.170-13 Procurement Executive.

702.170-14 [reserved]

702.170-15 Third country national (TCN).

702.170-16 U.S. national (USN).

SUBPART 702.270 -- DEFINITIONS CLAUSE

702.270-1 Definitions clause.

Authority: Sec. 621, Pub. L. 87-195, 75 Stat. 445, (22 U.S.C. 2381) as amended; E.O. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 FR 56673; 3 CFR 1979 Comp., p. 435.

SUBPART 702.170 -- DEFINITIONS

702.170-1 USAID.

“USAID” means the U.S. Agency for International Development and its predecessor agencies, including the International Cooperation Administration (ICA).

702.170-2 Administrator.

“Administrator” means the Administrator or Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

702.170-3 Contracting activities.

The contracting activities within USAID are:

(a) The USAID Washington activities. The contracting activities located in Washington are the Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and Center for Human Capacity Development (G/HCD). Subject to the limitations stated in 702.170-10, these contracting activities are responsible for procurement related to programs and activities for their areas. The Office of Acquisition and Assistance is responsible for procurements which do not fall within the responsibility of other contracting activities, or which are otherwise assigned to it.

(b) The overseas field contracting activities. Each USAID Mission or post overseas is a contracting activity, responsible for procurement related to its programs and activities, subject to the limitations in 702.170-10(b), which sets forth the contracting authority for Mission Directors and principal USAID officers at posts.

702.170-4 Cooperating country.

“Cooperating country” means a foreign country in which there is a program or activity administered by USAID.

702.170-5 Cooperating country national (CCN).

“Cooperating country national (CCN)” means an individual who is a cooperating country citizen or a non-cooperating country citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the cooperating country.

702.170-6 Executive Agency.

“Executive agency” includes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its predecessor agencies, including the International Cooperation Administration.

702.170-7 Foreign Assistance Act.

“Foreign Assistance Act” means the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C., Chapter 32).

702.170-8 Government, Federal, State, local and political subdivisions.

As used in the FAR and AIDAR, these terms do not refer to foreign entities except as otherwise stated.

702.170-9 Head of the agency.

“Head of the agency” means, for USAID, the Administrator, and the Deputy Administrator, and in accordance with the responsibilities and limitation set forth in 701.601(a)(1), the M/OAA Director.

702.170-10 Head of the contracting activity.

(a) The heads of USAID contracting activities are listed below. The limits of their contracting authority are set forth in 701.601.

(1) USAID/Washington Heads of Contracting Activities:

(i) Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance;;

(ii) Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance;

(iii) Director, Center for Human Capacity Development (G/HCD).

(2) Overseas Heads of Contracting Activities: Each Mission Director or principal USAID officer at post (e.g. USAID Representative, USAID Affairs Officer, etc.).

(b) Individuals serving in the positions listed in (a)(1) and (a)(2) in this section in an “Acting” capacity may exercise the authority delegated to that position.

702.170-11 Mission.

“Mission” means the USAID mission or the principal USAID office or representative (including an embassy designated to so act) in a foreign country in which there is a program or activity administered by USAID.

702.170-12 Overseas.

Puerto Rico.

702.170-13 Procurement Executive.

"Procurement Executive" is synonymous with "Senior Procurement Executive" as defined in FAR 2.101 and means the USAID official who is responsible for the management direction of USAID's assistance and acquisition ("A&A") system, as so delegated and more fully described in ADS 103.5.10f.

702.170-14 [reserved]

702.170-15 Third country national (TCN).

“Third country national (TCN)” means an individual who is neither a cooperating country national nor a U.S. national, but is a citizen of a country included in Geographic Code 935 (see 22 CFR 228.3).

702.170-16 U.S. national (USN).

“U.S. national (USN)” means an individual who is a U.S. citizen or a non-U.S. citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.

702.170-17 Automated Directives System.

The “Automated Directives System” (“ADS”) sets forth the Agency's policies and essential procedures, as well as supplementary informational references. It contains six functional series, interim policy updates, valid USAID Handbook chapters, a resource library, and a glossary. References to “ADS” throughout this chapter 7 are references to the Automated Directives System. Procurement-related sections of this system are accessible to the general public at the following internet address: http://www.info.usaid.gov/pubs/ads. The entire ADS is available on the ADS Compact Disk (ADS CD), which may be purchased from the Agency at cost by submitting a completed ADS CD order form. To request a fax copy of the ADS CD order form, send an e-mail with your fax number to ADS@USAID.GOV.

SUBPART 702.270 -- DEFINITIONS CLAUSE

702.270-1 Definitions clause.

Use the appropriate clause in subsection 752.202-1, in addition to the clause in FAR 52.202-1.

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