[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR13.104]

[Page 201]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart 13.1_Procedures
 
Sec.  13.104  Promoting competition.

    The contracting officer must promote competition to the maximum 
extent practicable to obtain supplies and services from the source whose 
offer is the most advantageous to the Government, considering the 
administrative cost of the purchase.
    (a) The contracting officer must not--
    (1) Solicit quotations based on personal preference; or
    (2) Restrict solicitation to suppliers of well-known and widely 
distributed makes or brands.
    (b) If using simplified acquisition procedures and not using either 
FACNET or providing access to the notice of proposed contract action and 
solicitation information through the Governmentwide point of entry 
(GPE), maximum practicable competition ordinarily can be obtained by 
soliciting quotations or offers from sources within the local trade 
area. Unless the contract action requires synopsis pursuant to 5.101 and 
an exception under 5.202 is not applicable, consider solicitation of at 
least three sources to promote competition to the maximum extent 
practicable. Whenever practicable, request quotations or offers from two 
sources not included in the previous solicitation.

[62 FR 64917, Dec. 9, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 58593, Oct. 30, 1998; 66 
FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 2003]