[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 41, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 41CFR101-26.501-1]



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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

 

          CHAPTER 101--FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

 

PART 101-26_PROCUREMENT SOURCES AND PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart 101-26.5_GSA Procurement Programs

 

Sec. 101-26.501-1  General.



    Except as provided for the Department of Defense (DOD) in paragraph 

(a) of this section, each executive agency shall submit to GSA for 

procurement its orders for purchase in the United States of all new 

passenger motor vehicles (FSC 2310), trucks or truck tractors (FSC 

2320), trailers (FSC 2330) van type (with payload of not less than 5,000 

nor more than 50,000 pounds), and firetrucks and firefighting trailers 

(FSC 4210). Specifically included are sedans, station wagons, carryalls, 

ambulances, buses, and trucks, including trucks with specialized mounted 

equipment, truck chassis with special purpose bodies, and all van-type 

trailers (with payload of not less than 5,000 nor more than 50,000 

pounds).

    (a) DOD shall submit to GSA for procurement its orders for purchase 

in the United States for all non-tactical vehicles including, but not 

limited to, commercial-type passenger motor vehicles (FSC 2310), 

including buses, and trucks and truck tractors (FSC 2320).

    (b) When it is determined by the ordering activity that requirements 

for passenger motor vehicles and trucks indicate the need for 

procurement by buying activities other than GSA, a request for waiver 

justifying the procurement shall be submitted in writing to the General 

Services Administration (FCA), Washington, DC 20406. GSA will notify 

agencies in writing whether a waiver has been granted. Justification may 

be based on the urgency of need or the fact that the vehicle has unique 

characteristics, such as special purpose body or equipment, requiring 

the agency personnel to closely supervise installation of the equipment 

by the contractor; e.g., when a medical van is to be equipped with 

Government- or contractor-supplied equipment. Requests for procurement 

through sources other than GSA will be handled on an individual basis 

provided full justification is submitted therefore.

    (c) When it is determined by GSA that procurement of an individual 

agency requirement by GSA would offer no advantage over local purchase 

of the item, GSA may grant the ordering activity authority for local 

purchase. When such a determination is made, the order will be returned 

to the ordering agency with written authority for local purchase.



[38 FR 2176, Jan. 22, 1973, as amended at 43 FR 32767, July 28, 1978; 47 

FR 41362, Sept. 20, 1982; 52 FR 29523, Aug. 10, 1987; 57 FR 47777, Oct. 

20, 1992]