[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR652.6]

[Page 532]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 652_TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDER ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 652.6  Department delivery of technical services.

    (a) The Department may enter into a procurement contract, 
contribution agreement, cooperative agreement, or other appropriate 
instrument to assist the Department in providing technical assistance 
when implementing the conservation programs covered by this part.
    (b) The Department will ensure that such legal instruments contain 
qualification and performance criteria necessary to ensure quality 
implementation of these conservation programs. When the Department 
obtains assistance from a technical service provider through a 
procurement contract, contribution agreement, cooperative agreement, or 
other similar instrument, the technical service provider is authorized 
to provide technical services and receive payment even if such technical 
service provider is not certified in accordance with subpart B of this 
part nor identified on the approved list.
    (c) The Department will implement procurement contracts, 
contribution agreements, cooperative agreements, and other appropriate 
instruments in accordance with applicable Federal acquisition or USDA 
Federal assistance rules and requirements for competency, quality, and 
selection, as appropriate.
    (d) A technical service provider may not receive payment twice for 
the same technical service, such as once from a participant through a 
program contract or written agreement and then again through a separate 
contract or agreement made directly with the Department.
    (e) The Department will, to the extent practicable, ensure that the 
amounts paid for technical service under this part are consistent across 
conservation program areas, unless specific conservation program 
requirements include additional tasks.