AFARS -- Part 41
Acquisition of Utility Services
June 1, 1996
See also AR 420-41.
Subpart 41.2 -- Acquiring Utility Services
The Chief of Engineers, acting for the Secretary of the Army, is the Department of the Army Power Procurement Officer and in this capacity is responsible for the administration of the purchase and sale of utility services and for policies, engineering, rates and legal sufficiency in connection with all utility services transactions and contracts in which the Army has a monetary interest. The Chief of Engineers may enter into definite term utility contracts for utility services for periods not to exceed 10 years. This authority may be redelegated to the Deputy Army Power Procurement Officer who is the Chief, Army Power Procurement Office, U.S. Army Center for Public Works.