[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: 48CFR17.604]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 17_SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 17.6_Management and Operating Contracts
 
Sec.  17.604  Identifying management and operating contracts.

    A management and operating contract is characterized both by its 
purpose (see 17.601) and by the special relationship it creates between 
Government and contractor. The following criteria can generally be 
applied in identifying management and operating contracts:
    (a) Government-owned or -controlled facilities must be utilized; for 
instance, (1) in the interest of national defense or mobilization 
readiness, (2) to perform the agency's mission adequately, or (3) 
because private enterprise is unable or unwilling to use its own 
facilities for the work.
    (b) Because of the nature of the work, or because it is to be 
performed in Government facilities, the Government must maintain a 
special, close relationship with the contractor and the contractor's 
personnel in various important areas (e.g., safety, security, cost 
control, site conditions).
    (c) The conduct of the work is wholly or at least substantially 
separate from the contractor's other business, if any.
    (d) The work is closely related to the agency's mission and is of a 
long-term or continuing nature, and there is a need (1) to ensure its 
continuity and (2)

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for special protection covering the orderly transition of personnel and 
work in the event of a change in contractors.