[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR51-6.6]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
CHAPTER 51--COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY 
                                DISABLED
 
PART 51 6_PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-6.6  Request for waiver of specification requirement.

    (a) Nonprofit agencies and central nonprofit agencies are encouraged 
to recommend changes to specification requirements or request waivers 
where there are opportunities to provide equal or improved products at a 
lower cost to the Government.
    (b) A nonprofit agency shall not request a waiver of a specification 
requirement except when it is not possible to obtain the material 
meeting the specification or when other requirements contained in the 
specification cannot be met.
    (c) Requests for waiver of specification shall be transmitted by the 
nonprofit agency to its central nonprofit agency.
    (d) The central nonprofit agency shall review the request and the 
specification to determine if the request is valid and shall submit to 
the contracting activity only those requests which it has determined are 
necessary to enable the nonprofit agency to furnish the item.
    (e) The central nonprofit agency request for waiver shall be 
transmitted in writing to the contracting activity. In addition, a copy 
of the request shall be transmitted to the Committee, annotated to 
include a statement concerning the impact on the cost of producing the 
item if the waiver is approved.