[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: 48CFR9.405-1]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 9_CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart 9.4_Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility

 

Sec. 9.405-1  Continuation of current contracts.



    (a) Notwithstanding the debarment, suspension, or proposed debarment 

of a contractor, agencies may continue contracts or subcontracts in 

existence at the time the contractor was debarred, suspended, or 

proposed for debarment unless the agency head directs otherwise. A 

decision as to the type of termination action, if any, to be taken 

should be made only after review by agency contracting and technical 

personnel and by counsel to ensure the propriety of the proposed action.

    (b) For contractors debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment, 

unless the agency head makes a written determination of the compelling 

reasons for doing so, ordering activities shall not--

    (1) Place orders exceeding the guaranteed minimum under indefinite 

quantity contracts;

    (2) Place orders under optional use Federal Supply Schedule 

contracts, blanket purchase agreements, or basic ordering agreements; or

    (3) Add new work, exercise options, or otherwise extend the duration 

of current contracts or orders.



[54 FR 19815, May 8, 1989, as amended at 59 FR 67033, Dec. 28, 1994; 68 

FR 69251, Dec. 11, 2003]