48 CFR Part 608 — Required Sources of Supplies and Services

PART 608—REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and 48 CFR chapter 1. Source: 80 FR 6919, Feb. 9, 2015, unless otherwise noted. Subpart 608.4—Federal Supply Schedules Source: 81 FR 24707, Apr. 27, 2016, unless otherwise noted. 608.405 Ordering procedures for Federal Supply Schedules. 608.405-3 Blanket Purchase Agreements. (a) Establishment. (3)(ii) The Procurement Executive is the head of the agency for the purposes of FAR 8.405-3(a)(3)(ii). Subpart 608.8—Acquisition of Printing and Related Services 608.802 Policy. (a)(4) In accordance with Section 2(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2669), overseas printing and binding services may be acquired from sources other than the Government Printing Office. (b) The DOS central printing authority is the Director, Global Publishing Solutions under the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Information Services. Subpart 608.70—Acquisition of Official Vehicles by Overseas Contracting Activities 608.7001 Definitions. Official vehicle 608.7002 Acquisitions for the Department of State. (a) A/LM funds and controls the acquisition of official vehicles required by overseas posts. Accordingly, any acquisition of official vehicles by overseas contracting activities must be approved and authorized in advance by A/LM. (b) GSA is the mandatory source for U.S. manufactured vehicles acquired in the United States. Purchase requests are submitted by A/LM to GSA on behalf of overseas posts. Overseas posts shall use U.S. manufactured vehicles unless justified as described in paragraph (c) of this section. (c) Overseas posts may acquire non-U.S. manufactured vehicles only in special cases that are approved in advance. Requests to purchase non-U.S. manufactured vehicles may be justified under the conditions specified in 6 FAM 228.9-3(B)(c). The request shall be submitted to A/LM for approval. If approval is granted to acquire non-U.S. manufactured vehicles from the local economy, overseas posts shall follow the normal procedures in the FAR. (d) Standardization of motor vehicles shall follow the procedures in 606.370. 608.7003 Acquisitions on behalf of other Federal agencies. (a) Acquisition of U.S. manufactured vehicles. (2) DOS overseas contracting activities shall not obtain GSA waivers or acquire vehicles through GSA or directly from sources in the United States on behalf of other agencies. Requests to acquire vehicles in this manner shall be returned to the requesting agency without action, and the agency instructed to use its own contracting personnel or GSA for this purpose. (b) Acquisition from non-U.S. sources. i.e.,

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