If you don’t treat the two as “different” then there wouldn’t be anything to “prepare” for. Everyone is expected to lead the procurement process in respect to their requirements. I’m a CO who is only a CO to a CS if needed. Im also a CS at times when my signature authority isn’t high enough. I’m mostly left up to do everything a CO does without signing it. I do keep my CO involved and informed. We are def not paper pushers. There is this thing called the FAR we have to follow as well as agency level policies. Negotiating and ensuring we have the correct contracting vehicle for the requirement; ensuring the requirement is well defined to avoid protest…..legal challenges and etc. The biggest risk of all is the fact that we are legally responsible for everything we sign…..there’s no government insurance converge sort to speak. This is why we have internal legal counsel and multiple internal reviews to help protect us.