What options do customers have if they do not want to purchase from FPI?
When purchasing a product, which is listed in FPI’s Schedule of Products, DoD buying activities are subject to the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2410n and its implementing regulations set forth in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). Similarly, passage of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill, P.L. 108-199, under Section 637, altered the process by which civilian agencies purchase from FPI during Fiscal Year 2004. Essentially, the same requirements will apply to civilian agencies as are in effect for DoD agencies. Under the above statutory and regulatory provisions, market research must first be conducted to determine whether an FPI product is comparable to products available from the private sector which best meet the agency’s needs in terms of price, quality and time of delivery. Determining comparability is a unilateral decision made at the discretion of the agency’s contracting official.
When purchasing a product which is listed in FPI’s Schedule of Products, DoD buying activities are subject to the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2410n and its implementing regulations set forth in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). Similarly, passage of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill, P.L. 108-199, under Section 637, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, altered the process by which civilian agencies purchase from FPI. Essentially, the same requirements will apply to civilian agencies as are in effect for DoD agencies. Under the above statutory and regulatory provisions, market research must first be conducted to determine whether an FPI product is comparable to products available from the private sector which best meet the agency’s needs in terms of price, quality and time of delivery. Determining comparability is a unilateral decision made at the discretion of the agency’s contracting official. If the contracting official determines that the FPI product
