[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 48CFR306.302-7]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                  CHAPTER 3--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 306_COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart 306.3_Other Than Full and Open Competition

 

Sec. 306.302-7  Public interest.



    (a) Authority. (2) Agency head, in this instance, means the 

Secretary.

    (c) Limitations. An ``approval package'' must be prepared by the 

contracting officer and staffed through departmental acquisition 

channels to the Secretary. The package shall include a determination and 

findings for the Secretary to sign that contains all pertinent 

information to support justification for exercising the exemption to 

competition, and a letter for the Secretary to sign notifying Congress 

of the determination to award a contract under the authority of 41 

U.S.C. 253(c)(7).