INL Mexico Deputy Director
Started by Charles Sewall · Apr 1, 2019 · 2 replies
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Charles Sewall
Apr 1, 2019 · 7y ago
Requirements differences between COR and GTM. Per CFR 642.271 a GTM must be a direct-hire USG employee, but no similar requirement seems to exist for the COR. This seems non-nonsensical since the GTM reports to the COR. Most Department of State GTMs are either PSCs or locally employed staff hired under a personal services agreement (PSA) neither of which are technically direct hire mechanisms. Is there some authority that allows us to appoint non direct hires to be GTMs.
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ji20874
Apr 1, 2019 · 7y ago
By GTM, Do you mean Government Technical Monitor as defined in the State FAR Supplement at 642.271?
See a related discussion at—
Doesn’t FAR 1.602-2(d)(1) seem to suggest a COR should be a government employee?
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Moderator
Apr 2, 2019 · 7y ago
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FAR 1.602-2(d)(1)
A COR -
(1) Shall be a Government employee, unless otherwise authorized in agency regulations;
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6_42_.2**71** Government Technical Monitor (GTM)
(a) Policy. The contracting officer may appoint a Government Technical Monitor (GTM) to assist the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) in monitoring a contractor's performance. The contracting officer may appoint a GTM because of physical proximity to the contractor's work site, or because of special skills or knowledge necessary for monitoring the contractor's work. The contracting officer may also appoint a GTM to represent the interests of another requirements office or post concerned with the contractor's work. A GTM shall be a direct-hire U.S. Government employee.
COR . . . Shall be . . . unless . . . . but an underling must be . . . . I could not find an example fitting the unless COR type.
I'm guessing that the wording that is being questioned has something to do with the FAR section being in Part 1 and the DOSAR section being in DOSAR's Part 42.