[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: 48CFR51]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 51_USE OF GOVERNMENT SOURCES BY CONTRACTORS--Table of Contents

 

        Subpart 51.1_Contractor Use of Government Supply Sources

 

51.101  Policy.



    (a) If it is in the Government's interest, and if supplies or 

services required in the performance of a Government contract are 

available from Government supply sources, contracting officers may 

authorize contractors to use these sources in performing--

    (1) Government cost-reimbursement contracts;

    (2) Other types of negotiated contracts when the agency determines 

that a substantial dollar portion of the contractor's contracts are of a 

Government cost-reimbursement nature; or

    (3) A contract under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46, et 

seq.) if:



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    (i) The nonprofit agency requesting use of the supplies and services 

is providing a commodity or service to the Federal Government, and

    (ii) The supplies or services received are directly used in making 

or providing a commodity or service, approved by the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, to the Federal 

Government (See Subpart 8.7).

    (b) Contractors with fixed-price Government contracts that require 

protection of security classified information may acquire security 

equipment through GSA sources (see 41 CFR 101-26.507).

    (c) Contracting officers shall authorize contractors purchasing 

supply items for Government use that are available from the Committee 

for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (see subpart 

8.7) to purchase such items from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the 

General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) if they are available from these agencies through their 

distribution facilities. Mandatory supplies that are not available from 

DLA/GSA/VA shall be ordered through the appropriate central nonprofit 

agency (see 52.208-9(c)).



[48 FR 42476, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 42657, Aug. 16, 1995; 

61 FR 2631, Jan. 26, 1996; 67 FR 6121, Feb. 8, 2002]