[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] [Page 16] 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).