[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: 48CFR6.502]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 6_COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 6.5_Competition Advocates
 
Sec.  6.502  Duties and responsibilities.

    (a) Agency and procuring activity competition advocates are 
responsible for promoting the acquisition of commercial items, promoting 
full and open competition, challenging requirements that are not stated 
in terms of functions to be performed, performance required or essential 
physical characteristics, and challenging barriers to the acquisition of 
commercial items and full and open competition such as unnecessarily 
restrictive statements of work, unnecessarily detailed specifications, 
and unnecessarily burdensome contract clauses.
    (b) Agency competition advocates shall--
    (1) Review the contracting operations of the agency and identify and 
report to the agency senior procurement executive--
    (i) Opportunities and actions taken to acquire commercial items to 
meet the needs of the agency;
    (ii) Opportunities and actions taken to achieve full and open 
competition in the contracting operations of the agency;
    (iii) Actions taken to challenge requirements that are not stated in 
terms of functions to be performed, performance required or essential 
physical characteristics;
    (iv) Any condition or action that has the effect of unnecessarily 
restricting the acquisition of commercial items or competition in the 
contract actions of the agency;
    (2) Prepare and submit an annual report to the agency senior 
procurement executive, in accordance with agency procedures, 
describing--
    (i) Such advocate's activities under this subpart;
    (ii) New initiatives required to increase the acquisition of 
commercial items;
    (iii) New initiatives required to increase competition;
    (iv) New initiatives to ensure requirements are stated in terms of 
functions

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to be performed, performance required or essential physical 
characteristics;
    (v) Any barriers to the acquisition of commercial items or 
competition that remain; and
    (vi) Other ways in which the agency has emphasized the acquisition 
of commercial items and competition in areas such as acquisition 
training and research;
    (3) Recommend to the senior procurement executive of the agency 
goals and plans for increasing competition on a fiscal year basis; and
    (4) Recommend to the senior procurement executive of the agency a 
system of personal and organizational accountability for competition, 
which may include the use of recognition and awards to motivate program 
managers, contracting officers, and others in authority to promote 
competition in acquisition.

[60 FR 48236, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 67 FR 13053, Mar. 20, 2002]