48 C.F.R. PART 405—PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 40 U.S.C. 486(c).
Source: 61 FR 53646, Oct. 15, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
Contracting officers shall make information available on any contract award with an estimated total value over $1 million (including options) to their agency congressional liaison office in sufficient time for the agency to announce it by 5:00 p.m. Washington, DC time on the day of award. The agency congressional liaison office shall, concurrent with the public announcement, provide the award announcement information to the USDA Congressional Relations Office. The head of the contracting activity (HCA) is the agency head designee pursuant to FAR 5.403. [61 FR 53646, Oct. 15, 1996, as amended at 70 FR 45, Jan. 3, 2005] (a) HCA's shall establish written procedures to control the release of long-range acquisition estimates, as authorized under FAR 5.404–1. (b) Classified information shall not be released without the approval of the Information Security Staff, Personnel and Document Security Division, Office of Procurement and Property Management. Departmental Manuals and Regulations (3400 series) contain guidance on classified information. [61 FR 53646, Oct. 15, 1996, as amended at 70 FR 45, Jan. 3, 2005] (a) The authority vested in the agency head to authorize publication of paid advertisements in newspapers (44 U.S.C. 3702) is delegated, with power of redelegation, to HCA's. HCA redelegation of this authority shall be in writing. (b) Policies and procedures regarding prior authorization required for media other than newspapers are contained in USDA Departmental Regulations 1400 series.
Title 48: Federal Acquisition Regulations System
PART 405—PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
Section Contents
405.303 Announcement of contract awards.
405.403 Requests from Members of Congress.
405.404 Release of long-range acquisition estimates.
405.404-1 Release procedures.
405.502 Authority.
Subpart 405.3—Synopses of Contract Awards
top
405.303 Announcement of contract awards.
top
Subpart 405.4—Release of Information
top
405.403 Requests from Members of Congress.
top
405.404 Release of long-range acquisition estimates.
top
405.404-1 Release procedures.
top
Subpart 405.5—Paid Advertisements
top
405.502 Authority.
top