[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 48CFR13.303-6]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 13_SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart 13.3_Simplified Acquisition Methods

 

Sec. 13.303-6  Review procedures.



    (a) The contracting officer placing orders under a BPA, or the 

designated representative of the contracting officer, shall review a 

sufficient random sample of the BPA files at least annually to ensure 

that authorized procedures are being followed.

    (b) The contracting officer that entered into the BPA shall--

    (1) Ensure that each BPA is reviewed at least annually and, if 

necessary, updated at that time; and

    (2) Maintain awareness of changes in market conditions, sources of 

supply, and other pertinent factors that may warrant making new 

arrangements with different suppliers or modifying existing 

arrangements.

    (c) If an office other than the purchasing office that established a 

BPA is authorized to make purchases under that BPA, the agency that has 

jurisdiction over the office authorized to make the purchases shall 

ensure that the procedures in paragraph (a) of this subsection are being 

followed.