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Deviated Text
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(a) Contracting officers must—

(1) Assign criticality designator A to items with a priority 01, 02, 03, or 06 (if emergency supply of clothing) under DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 5, DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Delivery of Materiel; and

(2) Ordinarily assign criticality designator C to unilateral purchase orders.

(b) Only the contracting officer may change the assigned designator.

Sources: Deviation attachment (.docx) · Codified PGI 242.804-70