Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Also called: COR, COTR, contracting officer's technical representative, technical point of contact
A Contracting Officer's Representative is the agency employee the contracting officer designates in writing to monitor technical performance on a contract, inspect deliverables and recommend acceptance, without authority to change the contract.
The role is defined in FAR 1.604 and FAR 2.101, and the designation letter under FAR 1.602-2(d) lists exactly what the COR may do. In practice the COR is the person you see every week: they approve timesheets or service reports, raise quality problems, and write the first draft of your CPARS evaluation. They cannot add work, extend the period of performance or authorize payment beyond the contract; those need the CO.
What to check: the COR designation letter you should receive after award, who backs up the COR, what the inspection and acceptance clause requires, and whether a request from the COR is within the scope of the contract or is a change that needs the CO. Document in writing anything the COR asks that costs money.
What it is not: a contracting officer. Work done on a COR's say-so outside the contract is work the government is not obliged to pay for.
See also: Contracting officer (CO or KO), Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), Task order and delivery order, Past performance
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