[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: 48CFR9.104-2]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 9_CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 9.1_Responsible Prospective Contractors
 
Sec.  9.104-2  Special standards.

    (a) When it is necessary for a particular acquisition or class of 
acquisitions, the contracting officer shall develop, with the assistance 
of appropriate specialists, special standards of responsibility. Special 
standards may be particularly desirable when experience has demonstrated 
that unusual expertise or specialized facilities are needed for adequate 
contract performance. The special standards shall be set forth in the 
solicitation (and so identified) and shall apply to all offerors.
    (b) Contracting officers shall award contracts for subsistence only 
to those prospective contractors that meet the general standards in 
9.104-1 and are approved in accordance with agency sanitation standards 
and procedures.