[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: 48CFR8.404-3]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 8_REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart 8.4_Federal Supply Schedules
 
Sec.  8.404-3  Requests for waivers.

    (a) When an ordering office that is a mandatory user under a 
schedule determines that items available from the schedule will not meet 
its specific needs, but similar items from another source will, it shall 
submit a request for waiver to the Commissioner, Federal Supply Service 
(F), GSA, Washington, DC 20406, except as provided in (b) below. 
Requests shall contain the following information:
    (1) A complete description of the required items, whenever possible; 
e.g., descriptive literature such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, and 
brochures that explain the characteristics and/or construction.
    (2) A comparison of prices and the technical differences between the 
requested item and the schedule item, identifying as a minimum the--
    (i) Inadequacies of the schedule item to perform required functions; 
and
    (ii) Technical, economic, or other advantages of the item requested.
    (3) Quantity required.
    (4) Estimated annual usage or a statement that the requirement is 
nonrecurrent or unpredictable.
    (b) Ordering offices shall not initiate action to acquire similar 
items from nonschedule sources until a request for waiver is approved, 
except as otherwise provided in interagency agreements.

[48 FR 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 29280, July 11, 1989]

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