[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: 48CFR8.706]

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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 8.7_Acquisition From Nonprofit Agencies Employing People Who Are 
                       Blind or Severely Disabled
 
Sec.  8.706  Purchase exceptions.

    (a) Ordering offices may acquire supplies or services on the 
Procurement List from commercial sources only if the acquisition is 
specifically authorized in a purchase exception granted by the 
designated central nonprofit agency.
    (b) The central nonprofit agency shall promptly grant purchase 
exceptions when--
    (1) The JWOD participating nonprofit agencies cannot provide the 
supplies or services within the time required, and commercial sources 
can provide them

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significantly sooner in the quantities required; or
    (2) The quantity required cannot be produced or provided 
economically by the JWOD participating nonprofit agencies.
    (c) The central nonprofit agency granting the exception shall 
specify the quantity and delivery or performance period covered by the 
exception.
    (d) When a purchase exception is granted, the contracting officer 
shall--
    (1) Initiate purchase action within 15 days following the date of 
the exception or any extension granted by the central nonprofit agency; 
and
    (2) Provide a copy of the solicitation to the central nonprofit 
agency when it is issued.
    (e) The Committee may also grant a purchase exception, under any 
circumstances it considers appropriate.

[48 FR 42129, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 67028, 67029, Dec. 28, 
1994]