[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR632.36]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 632--INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D--Administrative Standards and Procedures
 
Sec. 632.36  Procurement standards.

    (a) Native American grantees shall comply with the procurement 
systems and procedures found in 41 CFR 29-70.216, Procurement standards.
    (b) Subject to the Indian preference provisions of Sec. 632.35(h), 
small and minority-owned businesses, including small businesses owned by 
women, within the service area of the Native American grantee, shall be 
provided maximum reasonable opportunity to compete for contracts for 
supplies and services. One means to provide for this is the use of set-
asides.
    (c) No funds shall be paid by the Native American grantee to any 
organization for the conduct of programs under the Act unless:
    (1) It has submitted an acceptable proposal;
    (2) Selection is performed on a merit basis;
    (3) It has not been seriously deficient in its conduct of, or 
participation in, any Department of Labor program in the past, or is not 
a successor organization to one that was seriously deficient in the 
past, unless the organization statisfactorily demonstrates that the 
deficiency has been or will be corrected and performance substantially 
improved; and
    (4) It has the administrative capability to perform effectively.