[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR809.504]

[Page 171]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 8--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
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.