[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 48CFR809.504]



[Page 165]

 

            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 8--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

PART 809_CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart 809.5_Organizational Conflicts of Interest

 

Sec. 809.504  Contracting officer's responsibilities.





    (a) Contracting officers will be responsible for determining the 

existence of actual and/or potential organizational conflicts of 

interest which would result from the award of the contract. The 

contracting officer will be guided by information submitted by offerors 

and by his/her own judgment. The contracting officer may obtain the 

advice of legal counsel and the assistance of technical specialists in 

evaluating potential organizational conflicts.

    (b) If it is determined that organizational conflicts of interest 

will be created by the award of the contract, the contracting officer 

may find an offeror nonresponsible.

    (c) Notwithstanding the existence of organizational conflicts of 

interest, it may be determined that the award of the contract would be 

in the best interest of the Government. In that case, the contracting 

officer may set terms and conditions which will reduce the 

organizational conflicts of interest to the greatest extent possible, 

with the approval of the head of the contracting activity.

    (d) The contracting officer will, in addition to any certifications 

required by this subpart, require in all solicitations for consulting 

services that the offeror submit as part of an offer a statement which 

discloses all relevant facts relating to existing or potential 

organizational conflicts of interest surrounding the contract and/or the 

proposed use of subcontractors during the contract.