[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: 48CFR8.602]

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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 8.6_Acquisition From Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
 
Sec.  8.602  Policy.

    (a) Agencies shall purchase required supplies of the classes listed 
in the Schedule of Products made in Federal Penal and Correctional 
Institutions (referred to in this subpart as the Schedule) at prices not 
to exceed current market prices, using the procedures in this subpart.

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    (b) Subject to the priorities in 8.002 and 8.603, agencies are 
encouraged to use the facilities of FPI to the maximum extent 
practicable in purchasing (1) supplies that are not listed in the 
Schedule, but that are of a type manufactured in Federal penal and 
correctional institutions, and (2) services that are listed in the 
Schedule.
    (c) If a supply not listed in the Schedule is of a type normally 
produced by Federal penal and correctional institutions, agencies are 
encouraged to suggest that FPI consider the feasibility of adding the 
item to its Schedule.

[48 FR 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 56 FR 15148, Apr. 15, 1991; 
67 FR 56119, Aug. 30, 2002]