[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: 48CFR17.504]

[Page 328-329]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 17_SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart 17.5_Interagency Acquisitions Under the Economy Act
 
Sec.  17.504  Ordering procedures.

    (a) Before placing an Economy Act order for supplies or services 
with another Government agency, the requesting agency shall make the D&F 
required in 17.503. The servicing agency may require a copy of the D&F 
to be furnished with the order.
    (b) The order may be placed on any form or document that is 
acceptable to

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both agencies. The order should include--
    (1) A description of the supplies or services required;
    (2) Delivery requirements;
    (3) A funds citation;
    (4) A payment provision (see 17.505); and
    (5) Acquisition authority as may be appropriate (see 17.504(d)).
    (c) The requesting and servicing agencies should agree to procedures 
for the resolution of disagreements that may arise under interagency 
acquisitions, including, in appropriate circumstances, the use of a 
third-party forum. If a third party is proposed, consent of the third 
party should be obtained in writing.
    (d) When an interagency acquisition requires the servicing agency to 
award a contract, the following procedures also apply:
    (1) If a justification and approval or a D&F (other than the 
requesting agency's D&F required in 17.503) is required by law or 
regulation, the servicing agency shall execute and issue the 
justification and approval or D&F. The requesting agency shall furnish 
the servicing agency any information needed to make the justification 
and approval or D&F.
    (2) The requesting agency shall also be responsible for furnishing 
other assistance that may be necessary, such as providing information or 
special contract terms needed to comply with any condition or limitation 
applicable to the funds of the requesting agency.
    (3) The servicing agency is responsible for compliance with all 
other legal or regulatory requirements applicable to the contract, 
including
    (i) Having adequate statutory authority for the contractual action, 
and
    (ii) Complying fully with the competition requirements of part 6 
(see 6.002). However, if the servicing agency is not subject to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, the requesting agency shall verify that 
contracts utilized to meet its requirements contain provisions 
protecting the Government from inappropriate charges (for example, 
provisions mandated for FAR agencies by part 31), and that adequate 
contract administration will be provided.
    (e) Nonsponsoring Federal agencies may use a Federally Funded 
Research and Development Center (FFRDC) only if the terms of the FFRDC's 
sponsoring agreement permit work from other than a sponsoring agency. 
Work placed with the FFRDC is subject to the acceptance by the sponsor 
and must fall within the purpose, mission, general scope of effort, or 
special competency of the FFRDC. (See 35.017; see also 6.302 for 
procedures to follow where using other than full and open competition.) 
The nonsponsoring agency shall provide to the sponsoring agency 
necessary documentation that the requested work would not place the 
FFRDC in direct competition with domestic private industry.