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(3) Emergency procurement of supplies and nonpersonal services necessary for the preservation of Government property, operational readiness, safety and/or welfare of human life, not to exceed $2,500.

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(4) Procurement of provisions quired for operation of a general mess, not to exceed $2,500.

(e) Ordering officers. Designated Contracting Officers may designate qualified Coast Guard military and civilian personnel of not less than 21 years of age within their supply support area as ordering officers for the purpose of placing orders under contracts and upon other Government sources subject to monetary limitations and procedural requirements as may be prescribed by the designating official or by other regulations and laws; provided, however, that firm fixed prices are established by the related contract or schedule and the contractor is bound by the terms of the contract or schedule to accept orders thereon.

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CHAPTER 14-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

1 General.

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Sec.

14-1.000

14-1.100

14 -1.101 14-1.102

14-1.103

14-1.104

14-1.105

14-1.106

14-1.107

PART 14-1-GENERAL

Scope of part.

Subpart 14-1.1—Introduction

Purpose.

Authority.

Adoption of the Federal Procurement Regulations System. Relationship.

Applicability.

Method of issuance.

Exclusions.

Arrangement.

14-1.107-1 Numbering.

AUTHORITY: §§ 14-1.000 to 14-1.107 issued under R.S. 161; 5 U.S.C. 22.

SOURCE: §§ 14-1.000 to 14-1.107-1 appear at 27 F.R. 776, Jan. 26, 1962.

§ 14-1.000 Scope of part.

This part establishes a system of procurement procedures applicable to purchases of personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) by all bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior, based upon the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and the Federal Procurement Regulations, and describes the method by which the Department of the Interior implements and supplements Federal Procurement Regulations, and sets forth policies and procedures which implement and supplement Part 1-1 of the Federal Procurement Regulations.

Subpart 14-1.1-Introduction

§ 14-1.100 Purpose.

Department of the Interior Procurement Regulations are hereby established as Chapter 14 of the Federal Procurement Regulations System in order to provide uniform policies and procedures for procurement of personal property and services by all bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior in conformity with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act and regulations thereunder. The material in this subpart explains the relationship of Department of the Interior Procurement Regulations to Federal Procurement Regulations and to other procurement instructions governing Department of the Interior operations.

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services by the General Services Administration and by other executive agencies to which the Administrator of General Services, pursuant to section 302 (a) (2 of the Act, has delegated authority t apply the provisions of Title III. The Administrator on March 10, 1959, issued Delegation of Authority 363 (24 F.R. 1921, March 17, 1959) authorizing all executive agencies (except those governed by the Armed Services Procurement Act) to utilize the provisions of Title III, other than section 305, relating to advance pay ments. The Federal Procurement Reg ulations System was established by the Administrator in March 1959 (Procure ment Circular 1, 24 F.R. 1933, March 17, 1959), to prescribe policies and methods of procurement by all executive agencies, acting under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 Executive agencies are authorized by FPR 1-1.008 to prescribe agency regulations to implement, supplement, and deviate from Federal Procurement Regula tions. For the Department of the In terior, the Secretary of the Interior is empowered by law to prescribe such reg ulations (5 U.S.C. 22).

§ 14-1.102 Adoption of the Federal Procurement Regulations System.

Pursuant to authority delegated by the Administrator of General Services, the provisions of Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and Federal Procurement Regulations shall, unless an exception is made by the Secretary for any purchase or class of purchases, govern the procurement of personal property and non-personal services (including construction) by all bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior.

§ 14-1.103 Relationship.

(a) Chapter 14 implements and sup-plements the FPR. Material published in the FPR, which has Government-wide applicability, becomes effective throughout the Department of the Interior upon the effective date of the particular FPR issuance. Such material will not be repeated, paraphrased, or otherwise stated in Chapter 14 except to the extent necessary to implement, supplement or authorize deviations from the FPR.

(b) Procurement instructions necessary to implement or supplement the FPR and Chapter 14 will be issued by the Office of the Administrative Assistant Secretary, when necessary to accomplish

partment-wide procurement objec

es.

Such issuances will be promulced in the Departmental Manual. (c) Instructions necessary to supplent the FPR, Chapter 14, and the Dertmental Manual will be issued by the ads of the bureaus and contracting ces, and by their delegates in sublinate offices.

4-1.104 Applicability.

(a) Chapter 14 applies to all purchases d contracts made by any bureau or ice of the Department of the Interior · the procurement of personal property d nonpersonal services (including conuction). Unless otherwise specified, applies to purchases and contracts thin and outside the United States. (b) This chapter shall not be conued or applied in such a way as to pair the exercise of special statutory thority governing the production, sale exchange of electric energy, the ocessing and sale of helium gas, or e production and sale of water or other oducts under the saline water pro

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§ 14-1.107-1 Numbering.

(a) The numbering system used in Chapter 14 conforms to that of the FPR. Thus, a particular procurement policy or procedure will be identified by the same number in Chapter 14 as in FPR, except that the first digit of the number is 1 (FPR) or 14 (Department of the Interior).

(b) Similarly, procedure and instructions which may be issued by the bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior will be identified by alphabetical designations immediately following the Departmental Code (14), as illustrated below:

14A Office of the Secretary.

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