48 CFR 44.301 - 44.301 Objective.

Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 19, 2025

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Dec 02, 2025

View all text of Subpart 44.3 [44.301 - 44.307]

44.301 - 44.301 Objective.

The objective of a contractor purchasing system review (CPSR) is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness with which the contractor spends Government funds and complies with Government policy when subcontracting. The review provides the administrative contracting officer (ACO) a basis for granting, withholding, or withdrawing approval of the contractor's purchasing system.

authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

source: 48 FR 42388, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 48 CFR 44.301