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   <concept id="DFARS_232.070" class="- topic/topic concept/concept ">
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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">232.070</ph> Responsibilities.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a) The Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&amp;S)DPCAP) is responsible for ensuring uniform administration of DoD contract financing, including DoD contract financing policies and important related procedures. Agency discretion under FAR Part 32 is at the DoD level and is not delegated to the departments and agencies. Proposals by the departments and agencies, to exercise agency discretion, shall be submitted to OUSD(A&amp;S)DPCAP.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b) Departments and agencies are responsible for their day-to-day contract financing operations. Refer specific cases involving financing policy or important procedural issues to OUSD(A&amp;S)DPCAP for consideration through the department/agency Contract Finance Committee members (also see <xref outputclass="fm:Subpart"
                  href="SUBPART_201.4.dita#DFARS_SUBPART_201.4"
                  class="- topic/xref ">subpart  201.4</xref> for deviation request and approval procedures).</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c)  See PGI 
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                  xtrc="232.070">232.070</xref>
            (c) for information on department/agency contract financing offices.</p>
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