[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR34.31]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 34--ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH 
FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Post-award Requirements
 
Sec. 34.31  Requirements.

    The following requirements pertain to recipients' procurements 
funded in whole or in part with Federal funds or with recipients' cost-
share or match:
    (a) Reasonable cost. Recipients procurement procedures shall make 
maximum practicable use of competition, or shall use other means that 
ensure reasonable cost for procured goods and services.
    (b) Pre-award review of certain procurements. Prior to awarding a 
procurement contract under an award, a recipient may be required to 
provide the grants officer administering the award with pre-award 
documents (e.g., requests for proposals, invitations for bids, or 
independent cost estimates) related to the procurement. Recipients will 
only be required to provide such documents for the grants officer's pre-
award review in exceptional cases where the grants officer judges that 
there is a compelling need to do so. In such cases, the grants officer 
must include a provision in the award that states the requirement.
    (c) Contract provisions. (1) Contracts in excess of the simplified 
acquisition threshold shall contain contractual provisions or conditions 
that allow for administrative, contractual, or legal remedies in 
instances in which a contractor violates or breaches the contract terms, 
and provide for such remedial actions as may be appropriate.
    (2) All contracts in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold 
shall contain suitable provisions for termination for default by the 
recipient or for termination due to circumstances beyond the control of 
the contractor.
    (3) All negotiated contracts in excess of the simplified acquisition 
threshold shall include a provision permitting access of the Department 
of Defense, the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of 
their duly authorized representatives, to any books, documents, papers, 
and records of the contractor that are directly pertinent to a specific 
program, for the purpose of making audits, examinations, excerpts, and 
transcriptions.
    (4) All contracts, including those for amounts less than the 
simplified acquisition threshold, awarded by recipients and their 
contractors shall contain the procurement provisions of Appendix A to 
this part, as applicable.

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