[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: 48CFR6.302-2]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 6_COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart 6.3_Other Than Full and Open Competition
 
Sec.  6.302-2  Unusual and compelling urgency.

    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2) or 41 U.S.C. 
253(c)(2).
    (2) When the agency's need for the supplies or services is of such 
an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously 
injured unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources 
from which it solicits bids or proposals, full and open competition need 
not be provided for.
    (b) Application. This authority applies in those situations where 
(1) an unusual and compelling urgency precludes full and open 
competition, and (2) delay in award of a contract would result in 
serious injury, financial or other, to the Government.
    (c) Limitations. (1) Contracts awarded using this authority shall be 
supported

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by the written justifications and approvals described in 6.303 and 
6.304. These justifications may be made and approved after contract 
award when preparation and approval prior to award would unreasonably 
delay the acquisition.
    (2) This statutory authority requires that agencies shall request 
offers from as many potential sources as is practicable under the 
circumstances.

[50 FR 52431, Dec. 23, 1985]