[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR1509.170-7]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
               CHAPTER 15--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 1509--CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 1509.170--Contractor Performance Evaluations
 
Sec. 1509.170-7  Release of ratings.

    (a) Agencies and departments who subscribe to the National 
Institutes of Health's Contractor Performance System will have direct 
access to all Reports, including those of EPA, in the National 
Institutes of Health's database. Information on EPA contractors' 
performance ratings may also be obtained by contacting the EPA 
contracting officer responsible for the evaluation.
    (b) Contractors' performance ratings may be released to other 
Federal, State, and local Governments upon written request. The release 
to other Federal, State, and local Governments must stipulate that the 
information provided shall not be released outside of the requesting 
Government agency. In cases where the Federal agency is part of the 
National Institutes of Health Contract Performance System, a written 
request is not applicable.
    (c) Freedom of Information Act requests shall be processed by the 
EPA Freedom of Information Act office where the contract is located. 
Requests

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for past performance evaluations during the period the information may 
be used to provide source selection information shall be rejected if the 
requests are made by other than the Government personnel and the 
contractor whose performance is being evaluated.

[64 FR 20204, Apr. 26, 1999]