[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: 48CFR970.0905]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                     CHAPTER 9--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
Sec. 970.0905  Organizational conflicts of interest.

    Management and operating contracts shall contain an organizational 
conflict of interest clause substantially similar to the clause at 48 
CFR 952.209-72, Organizational Conflicts of Interest, and which is 
appropriate to the statement of work of the individual contract. In 
addition, the contracting officer shall assure that the clause contains 
appropriate restraints on intra-corporate relations between the 
contractor's organization and personnel operating the Department's 
facility and its parent corporate body and affiliates. Such restraints 
shall include personnel access to the facility, technical transfer of 
information from the facility, and the

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availability from the facility of other advantages flowing from 
performance of the contract. The contracting officer is responsible for 
ensuring that M&O contractors adopt policies and procedures in the award 
of subcontracts that will meet the Department's need to safeguard 
against a biased work product and an unfair competitive advantage. To 
this end, the organizational conflicts of interest clause in management 
and operating contracts shall include Alternate I.