§ 260. — Laws not applicable to contracts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC260]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 4--PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES
SUBCHAPTER IV--PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS
Sec. 260. Laws not applicable to contracts
Sections 5, 8, and 13 of this title shall not apply to the
procurement of property or services made by an executive agency pursuant
to this subchapter. Any provision of law which authorizes an executive
agency (other than an executive agency which is exempted from the
provisions of this subchapter by section 252(a) of this title), to
procure any property or services without advertising or without regard
to said section 5 of this title shall be construed to authorize the
procurement of such property or services pursuant to the provisions of
this subchapter relating to procedures other than sealed-bid procedures.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, Sec. 310, 63 Stat. 397; July 12,
1952, ch. 703, Sec. 1(m), (n), 66 Stat. 594; Pub. L. 85-800, Sec. 6,
Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 967; Pub. L. 89-343, Sec. 5, Nov. 8, 1965, 79
Stat. 1303; Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title VII, Sec. 2714(a)(6), July 18,
1984, 98 Stat. 1185.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-369 substituted ``the provisions of this subchapter
relating to procedures other than sealed-bid procedures'' for ``section
252(c)(15) of this title without regard to the advertising requirements
of sections 252(c) and 253 of this title''.
1965--Pub. L. 89-343 substituted provisions making sections 5, 8,
and 13 of this title inapplicable to the procurement of property or
services made by an executive agency pursuant to this subchapter, and
requiring any provision of law which authorizes an executive agency
(other than an executive agency which is exempted from the provisions of
this subchapter by section 252(a) of this title) to procure any property
or services without advertising or without regard to said section 5 of
this title to be construed to authorize the procurement of such property
or services pursuant to section 252(c)(15) of this title without regard
to the advertising requirements of section 252(c) and 253 of this title,
for provisions which made sections 5, 6, 6a, and 13 of this title
inapplicable to the procurement of property or services by the General
Services Administration, or within the scope of authority delegated by
the Administrator to any other executive agency, and which required
reference in any Act to the applicability of section 5 of this title to
the procurement of property or services by the General Services
Administration or any constituent organization thereof or any other
executive agency delegated authority pursuant to section 252(a)(2) of
this title to be deemed a reference to section 252(c) of this title.
1958--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-800 inserted ``or any other executive
agency delegated authority pursuant to section 252(a)(2) of this
title''.
1952--Act July 12, 1952, designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), added subsec. (b), and substituting ``property'' for ``supplies''
in subsec. (a).
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 applicable with respect to any
solicitation for bids or proposals issued after Mar. 31, 1985, see
section 2751 of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a note under section 251 of
this title.
Effective Date
Section effective July 1, 1949, see section 605, formerly section
505, of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act
Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.
