[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: 48CFR13.303-6]

[Page 210]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart 13.3_Simplified Acquisition Methods
 
Sec.  13.303-6  Review procedures.

    (a) The contracting officer placing orders under a BPA, or the 
designated representative of the contracting officer, shall review a 
sufficient random sample of the BPA files at least annually to ensure 
that authorized procedures are being followed.
    (b) The contracting officer that entered into the BPA shall--
    (1) Ensure that each BPA is reviewed at least annually and, if 
necessary, updated at that time; and
    (2) Maintain awareness of changes in market conditions, sources of 
supply, and other pertinent factors that may warrant making new 
arrangements with different suppliers or modifying existing 
arrangements.
    (c) If an office other than the purchasing office that established a 
BPA is authorized to make purchases under that BPA, the agency that has 
jurisdiction over the office authorized to make the purchases shall 
ensure that the procedures in paragraph (a) of this subsection are being 
followed.