48 CFR § 637.103
Contracting officer responsibility
November 17, 2020
(a)
(2) The Office of the Legal Adviser is the DOS legal counsel for the purposes of FAR 37.103(a)(2).
(e) The Contracting Officer shall review the Forms DS-4208 submitted by requiring activities, not contract for inherently governmental functions and assist in implementation of mitigation strategies for efforts that are closely associated with inherently governmental functions. A copy of the DS-4208 shall be retained in the contract file.
[53 FR 26176, July 11, 1988, as amended at 80 FR 6922, Feb. 9, 2015]