Effective immediately, contracting officers shall use the attached text in lieu of DFARS 201.602-2(2)(i). This substitution clarifies that a contracting officer's representative (COR) must be an employee, military or civilian, of the U.S. Government, a foreign government, or NATO/Coalition partners, and clarifies that contractor personnel may not serve as CORs.

This class deviation remains in effect until incorporated into the DFARS or until rescinded.