[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: 48CFR37.109]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 37_SERVICE CONTRACTING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 37.1_Service Contracts_General
 
Sec.  37.109  Services of quasi-military armed forces.

    Contracts with Pinkerton Detective Agencies or similar organizations 
are prohibited by 5 U.S.C. 3108. This prohibition applies only to 
contracts with organizations that offer quasi-military armed forces for 
hire, or with their employees, regardless of the contract's character. 
An organization providing guard or protective services does not thereby 
become a quasi-military armed force, even though the guards are armed or 
the organization provides general investigative or detective services. 
(See 57 Comp. Gen. 524).