# 518.170 Additional acquisition flexibilities.

(a) Waiver of contracting officer certification. The Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) may waive the requirement for obtaining contracting officer certification (see 501.603-1(b)(2)).

(b) Deviations, waivers, and exemptions from Contracting Officer Warrant Program (COWP) requirements. The SPE may approve deviations, waivers, and exemptions from any of the COWP requirements (see 501.603-1(d)(3)(i)(B)).

(c) Changes in warrant level thresholds. The SPE may authorize changes in warrant level thresholds (see 501.603-1(d)(3)(i)(D)).

(d) Waiver of Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) certification. The SPE may waive the requirements for FAC-COR certifications (see 501.604(d)).

(e) Waiver of Program and Project Managers (P/PM) certification. The SPE may waive the requirements for FAC-P/PM and FAC-P/PM-IT certification (see 501.671(d)).

(f) Procurement authority delegation waivers. The SPE may waive the requirement for a delegation of procurement authority to be able to place orders under a GSA multi-agency contract or GSA Governmentwide acquisition contract.

(g) Temporary appointments. HCAs may request temporary appointments in accordance with 501.603-3(b)(1). For additional information about temporary appointments refer to the Acquisition Career Management page on the GSA Acquisition Portal at https://insite.gsa.gov/acquisitionportal.