[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: 48CFR51]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 51_USE OF GOVERNMENT SOURCES BY CONTRACTORS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 51.1_Contractor Use of Government Supply Sources
 
Sec.  51.101  Policy.

    (a) If it is in the Government's interest, and if supplies or 
services required in the performance of a Government contract are 
available from Government supply sources, contracting officers may 
authorize contractors to use these sources in performing--
    (1) Government cost-reimbursement contracts;
    (2) Other types of negotiated contracts when the agency determines 
that a substantial dollar portion of the contractor's contracts are of a 
Government cost-reimbursement nature; or
    (3) A contract under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46, et 
seq.) if:
    (i) The nonprofit agency requesting use of the supplies and services 
is providing a commodity or service to the Federal Government, and
    (ii) The supplies or services received are directly used in making 
or providing a commodity or service, approved by the Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, to the Federal 
Government (See Subpart 8.7).
    (b) Contractors with fixed-price Government contracts that require 
protection of security classified information may acquire security 
equipment through GSA sources (see 41 CFR 101-26.507).
    (c) Contracting officers shall authorize contractors purchasing 
supply items for Government use that are available from the Committee 
for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (see subpart 
8.7) to purchase such items from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the 
General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA) if they are available from these agencies through their 
distribution facilities. Mandatory supplies that are not available from 
DLA/GSA/VA shall

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be ordered through the appropriate central nonprofit agency (see 52.208-
9(c)).

[48 FR 42476, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 42657, Aug. 16, 1995; 
61 FR 2631, Jan. 26, 1996; 67 FR 6121, Feb. 8, 2002]