§ 3537.206 - Requesting activity responsibilities.

(c) Requests for the acquisition of advisory and assistance services shall include the documentation required at FAR 37.206 (a), (b), and (d), and shall be prepared by the initiating bureau director or head of independent unit and forwarded to the Administrator for approval, through, in turn, the Personnel Director; General Counsel; Chief Financial Officer; and the General Services Director for their review and concurrence. Before the proposal is routed to the Administrator, the General Services Director will add the cognizant contracting officer's determination as to whether or not the requested acquisition constitutes advisory and assistance services as described in FAR subpart 37.2. As mandated by FAR 37.207, the contracting officer's determination shall be final.