(a)(1) An officer of the Department of Energy (DOE) who has been appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate and who has been delegated the authority from the Secretary must approve the use of other transaction (OT) authority and may perform other functions of the Secretary as set forth under 42 U.S.C. 7256(g). This delegated authority may not be redelegated.

(2) In addition, the cognizant Senior Procurement Executive (SPE), as defined by 41 U.S.C. 1702(c), (or designee) must concur on the award of any OT agreement.

(3) The Agreements Officer (AO) is the cognizant warranted DOE or National Nuclear Security Administration official authorized to execute and administer OT agreements.

(b) Deviation from the requirements in paragraph (a) of this section is not permitted.