[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3017.220]

[Page 182-183]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                         CHAPTER XXX--OFFICE OF
                      THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3017_GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)
--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Covered Transactions
 
Sec. 3017.220  Are any procurement contracts included as covered 
transactions?

    (a) Covered transactions under this part--

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    (1) Do not include any procurement contracts awarded directly by a 
Federal agency; but
    (2) Do include some procurement contracts awarded by non-Federal 
participants in nonprocurement covered transactions (see appendix to 
this part).
    (b) Specifically, a contract for goods or services is a covered 
transaction if any of the following applies:
    (1) The contract is awarded by a participant in a nonprocurement 
transaction that is covered under Sec. 3017.210, and the amount of the 
contract is expected to equal or exceed $25,000.
    (2) The contract requires the consent of a(n) Department of 
Agriculture official. In that case, the contract, regardless of the 
amount, always is a covered transaction, and it does not matter who 
awarded it. For example, it could be a subcontract awarded by a 
contractor at a tier below a nonprocurement transaction, as shown in the 
appendix to this part.
    (3) The contract is for federally-required audit services.
    (c) A contract for the procurement of ocean transportation in 
connection with the Department of Agriculture's foreign assistance 
programs is a covered transaction. With respect to the Department of 
Agriculture's export and foreign assistance programs, such contracts are 
the only procurement contracts included as covered transactions, 
notwithstanding the provisions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section.

[68 FR 66544,66563, Nov. 26, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 66564, Nov. 26, 
2003]