[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: 48CFR6.502]



[Page 106-107]

 

            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 6_COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart 6.5_Competition Advocates

 

Sec. 6.502  Duties and responsibilities.



    (a) Agency and procuring activity competition advocates are 

responsible for promoting the acquisition of commercial items, promoting 

full and open competition, challenging requirements that are not stated 

in terms of functions to be performed, performance required or essential 

physical characteristics, and challenging barriers to the acquisition of 

commercial items and full and open competition such as unnecessarily 

restrictive statements of work, unnecessarily detailed specifications, 

and unnecessarily burdensome contract clauses.

    (b) Agency competition advocates shall--

    (1) Review the contracting operations of the agency and identify and 

report



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to the agency senior procurement executive--

    (i) Opportunities and actions taken to acquire commercial items to 

meet the needs of the agency;

    (ii) Opportunities and actions taken to achieve full and open 

competition in the contracting operations of the agency;

    (iii) Actions taken to challenge requirements that are not stated in 

terms of functions to be performed, performance required or essential 

physical characteristics;

    (iv) Any condition or action that has the effect of unnecessarily 

restricting the acquisition of commercial items or competition in the 

contract actions of the agency;

    (2) Prepare and submit an annual report to the agency senior 

procurement executive, in accordance with agency procedures, 

describing--

    (i) Such advocate's activities under this subpart;

    (ii) New initiatives required to increase the acquisition of 

commercial items;

    (iii) New initiatives required to increase competition;

    (iv) New initiatives to ensure requirements are stated in terms of 

functions to be performed, performance required or essential physical 

characteristics;

    (v) Any barriers to the acquisition of commercial items or 

competition that remain; and

    (vi) Other ways in which the agency has emphasized the acquisition 

of commercial items and competition in areas such as acquisition 

training and research;

    (3) Recommend to the senior procurement executive of the agency 

goals and plans for increasing competition on a fiscal year basis; and

    (4) Recommend to the senior procurement executive of the agency a 

system of personal and organizational accountability for competition, 

which may include the use of recognition and awards to motivate program 

managers, contracting officers, and others in authority to promote 

competition in acquisition.



[60 FR 48236, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 67 FR 13053, Mar. 20, 2002]