48 C.F.R. PART 305—PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 486(c).
Source: 66 FR 4225, Jan. 17, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
(b) When a contracting office believes that it has a situation where advance notice is not appropriate or reasonable, it shall prepare a memorandum citing all pertinent facts and details and send it, through normal acquisition channels, to the Director, Office of Acquisition Management and Policy (Director, OAMP) requesting relief from synopsizing. The Director, OAMP shall review the request and decide whether an exception to synopsizing is appropriate or reasonable. If it is, the Director, OAMP shall take the necessary coordinating actions required by FAR 5.202 (b). Whatever the decision is on the request, the Director, OAMP shall promptly notify the contracting office when a determination has been made. (a) Public announcement. Any contract, contract modification, or delivery order in the amount of $3 million or more shall be reported by the contracting officer to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Congressional Liaison), Room 406G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building. Notification shall be accomplished by providing a copy of the contract or award document face page to the referenced office prior to the day of award, or in sufficient time to allow for an announcement to be made by 5 p.m. Washington, DC time on the day of award. The contracting officer is authorized to publish advertisements, notices, and notices that proposals are being sought in newspapers and periodicals in accordance with the requirements and conditions referenced in FAR subpart 5.5.
Title 48: Federal Acquisition Regulations System
PART 305—PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
Section Contents
305.202 Exceptions.
305.303 Announcement of contract awards.
305.502 Authority.
Subpart 305.2—Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions
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305.202 Exceptions.
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Subpart 305.3—Synopses of Contract Awards
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305.303 Announcement of contract awards.
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Subpart 305.5—Paid Advertisements
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305.502 Authority.
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