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title="Previous" aria-label="Previous">芦 Previous</a><a href="/iaar/1901.000-scope-part." class="docnext docnextround" title="Next" aria-label="Next">Next 禄</a></div> <div class="regulation-content"> <article role="article" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title1"><article class="nested0" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title1" id="Part_1901_T48_605252"> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1"> <span class="ph autonumber">PART 1901</span> - THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS ACQUISITION REGULATION SYSTEM</h1> <div class="body"> <p class="p"> <span class="ph">Authority: </span> 40 U.S.C. 486(c). </p> <p class="p"> <span class="ph">Source: </span> 50 FR 13200, Apr. 3, 1985, unless otherwise noted. </p> <p class="p"><span>     </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_000_T48_605252011" title="1901.000 Scope of part." aria-label="1901.000 Scope of part.. Link 0">1901.000 Scope of part.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>     </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Subpart_1901_1_T48_6052521" title="Subpart 1901.1 - Purpose, Authority, Issuance" aria-label="Subpart 1901.1 - Purpose, Authority, Issuance. Link 1">Subpart 1901.1 - Purpose, Authority, Issuance</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_101_T48_605252111" title="1901.101 Purpose." aria-label="1901.101 Purpose.. Link 2">1901.101 Purpose.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_102_T48_605252112" title="1901.102 Authority." aria-label="1901.102 Authority.. Link 3">1901.102 Authority.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_103_T48_605252113" title="1901.103 Applicability." aria-label="1901.103 Applicability.. Link 4">1901.103 Applicability.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_104_T48_605252114" title="1901.104 Issuance." aria-label="1901.104 Issuance.. Link 5">1901.104 Issuance.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_104_1_T48_605252115" title="1901.104-1 Publication and code arrangement." aria-label="1901.104-1 Publication and code arrangement.. Link 6">1901.104-1 Publication and code arrangement.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_104_2_T48_605252116" title="1901.104-2 Arrangement of regulations." aria-label="1901.104-2 Arrangement of regulations.. Link 7">1901.104-2 Arrangement of regulations.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>     </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Subpart_1901_4_T48_6052522" title="Subpart 1901.4 - Deviations From the FAR" aria-label="Subpart 1901.4 - Deviations From the FAR. Link 8">Subpart 1901.4 - Deviations From the FAR</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_403_T48_605252211" title="1901.403 Individual deviations." aria-label="1901.403 Individual deviations.. Link 9">1901.403 Individual deviations.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_404_T48_605252212" title="1901.404 Class deviations." aria-label="1901.404 Class deviations.. Link 10">1901.404 Class deviations.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>     </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Subpart_1901_6_T48_6052523" title="Subpart 1901.6 - Contracting Authority and Responsibilities" aria-label="Subpart 1901.6 - Contracting Authority and Responsibilities. Link 11">Subpart 1901.6 - Contracting Authority and Responsibilities</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_601_T48_605252311" title="1901.601 General." aria-label="1901.601 General.. Link 12">1901.601 General.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_602_T48_605252312" title="1901.602 Contracting officers." aria-label="1901.602 Contracting officers.. Link 13">1901.602 Contracting officers.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span>          </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Section_1901_602_1_T48_605252313" title="1901.602-1 Authority." aria-label="1901.602-1 Authority.. Link 14">1901.602-1 Authority.</a> </p> </div> <nav role="navigation" class="related-links"><div class="familylinks"><div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a class="link String2Xref" href="/iaar/subchapter-general" title="SUBCHAPTER A - GENERAL" aria-label="SUBCHAPTER A - GENERAL. Link 15">SUBCHAPTER A - GENERAL</a></div></div></nav><article class="topic concept nested1 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title2" id="Section_1901_000_T48_605252011"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.000</span> Scope of part.</h2> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">This part describes the method by which the Broadcasting Board of Governors implements and supplements the Federal Acquisition Regulation and contains policies and procedures that implement and supplement Chapter 1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR). </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title3" id="Subpart_1901_1_T48_6052521"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title3"> <span class="ph autonumber">Subpart 1901.1</span> - Purpose, Authority, Issuance</h2> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title4" id="Section_1901_101_T48_605252111"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title4"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.101</span> Purpose.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">This subpart establishes the Broadcasting Board of Governors Acquisition Regulation as Chapter 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations System (48 CFR chapter 19) and states the relationship of the IAAR to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 48 CFR chapter 1. </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title5" id="Section_1901_102_T48_605252112"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title5"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.102</span> Authority.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">The the Broadcasting Board of Governors Acquisition Regulation is prescribed by the Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors pursuant to the authority of the Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and other applicable law. </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title6" id="Section_1901_103_T48_605252113"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title6"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.103</span> Applicability.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">Except where a deviation is specifically authorized in accordance with subpart <a class="xref fm:ParaNumOnly" href="/iaar/part-1901-broadcasting-board-governors-acquisition-regulation-system#Subpart_1901_4_T48_6052522" title="1901.4" aria-label="1901.4. Link 16">1901.4</a> or otherwise authorized by law, the FAR and the IAAR govern all the Broadcasting Board of Governors acquisitions within the United States. </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title7" id="Section_1901_104_T48_605252114"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title7"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.104</span> Issuance.</h3> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title8" id="Section_1901_104_1_T48_605252115"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title8"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.104-1</span> Publication and code arrangement.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p List1">(a) The IAAR is published in the Federal Register and, in cumulative form in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). </p> <p class="p List1">(b) The IAAR is issued as chapter 19 of title 48, CFR. </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title9" id="Section_1901_104_2_T48_605252116"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title9"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.104-2</span> Arrangement of regulations.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">The IAAR uses the same numbering system and arrangement used in the FAR. Where the IAAR implements the FAR, it is numbered and captioned to correspond to the FAR. Where there is no corresponding material in the FAR, numbers beginning with 70 or higher are assigned to the IAAR supplementing part. Where the subject matter is the FAR requires no implementation, the IAAR contains no corresponding part. </p> </div> </article> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title10" id="Subpart_1901_4_T48_6052522"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title10"> <span class="ph autonumber">Subpart 1901.4</span> - Deviations From the FAR</h2> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title11" id="Section_1901_403_T48_605252211"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title11"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.403</span> Individual deviations.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">Deviations from the IAAR or the FAR in individual cases shall be authorized by the Board Procurement Executive or a designee unless FAR 1.405(e) is applicable. The request shall cite the specific part of the IAAR or FAR from which it is desired to deviate; shall set forth the nature of the deviation(s); and shall give the reason for the action requested. </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title12" id="Section_1901_404_T48_605252212"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title12"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.404</span> Class deviations.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">Class deviations affecting more than one contracting action shall be authorized only by the Board Procurement Executive, unless FAR 1.405(e) is applicable, and shall be subject to the limitations set forth in FAR 1.404. Requests shall include the same information as cited in 1901.403. </p> </div> </article> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title13" id="Subpart_1901_6_T48_6052523"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title13"> <span class="ph autonumber">Subpart 1901.6</span> - Contracting Authority and Responsibilities</h2> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title14" id="Section_1901_601_T48_605252311"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title14"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.601</span> General.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">The Director, Office of Contracts, is designated the Board Procurement Executive. The Board Procurement Executive is delegated the full delegable authority of the Director of this Board with respect to the acquisition of goods and services by contract and such other methods as may be prescribed in the FAR. The Board Procurement Executive is delegated overall responsibility by the Director for the Board's contracting activities. </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title15" id="Section_1901_602_T48_605252312"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title15"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.602</span> Contracting officers.</h3> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title16" id="Section_1901_602_1_T48_605252313"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title16"> <span class="ph autonumber">1901.602-1</span> Authority.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">The Broadcasting Board of Governors Contracting Officers designated by name on Certificates of Appointment by the Board Procurement Executive are authorized to enter into, administer, and terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings, subject to all requirements and limitations set forth in the Certificate of Appointment. A list of the Broadcasting Board of Governors employees who have been appointed as Contracting Officers and the limits of their authority is available from the Policy and Procedures Staff, Office of Contracts. </p> </div> </article> </article> </article> </article> </div> <div class="nextprev"><a href="/iaar/part-1900-reserved" class="docprevious docprevround" title="Previous" aria-label="Previous">芦 Previous</a><a href="/iaar/1901.000-scope-part." class="docnext docnextround" title="Next" aria-label="Next">Next 禄</a></div> </div> <div id="block-favoriteslinksblock" class="block block-agov-favorites block-agov-favorites-links-block"> <div id="favorites-container"><div id="favorites-header"><h4 id="favorites-heading">Favorite</h4><h4 id="favorites-close-bookmarks">X</h4></div> <div id="favorites-menu-container"></div> </div> </div> <div id="block-messagemodalblock" class="block block-agov-favorites block-agov-message-modal-block"> <div class="messages-overlay"><div 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