8.405-6  Limiting sources.

5.  Amend section 8.405-6 by--

a.  Removing from paragraph (b)(2)(ii) "threshold see" and adding "threshold, see" in its place; and

b.  Adding paragraphs (b)(2)(iii), (b)(3)(i)(C), and (b)(4).

The added and revised text reads as follows:

8.405-6  Limiting sources.

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(iii)  The documentation or justification must be completed and approved at the time the requirement for a brand-name item is determined. In addition, the justification for a brand-name item is required at the order level when a justification for the brand-name item was not completed for the BPA or does not adequately cover the requirements in the order.

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(C)  The documentation in paragraph (b)(2)(i) and the justification in paragraph (c) of this subsection is subject to the screening requirement in paragraph (a)(2)(iii) of this section.

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(4)  When applicable, the documentation and posting requirements in paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this subsection apply only to the portion of the order or BPA that requires a brand-name item. If the justification and approval is to cover only the portion of the acquisition which is brand-name, then it should so state; the approval level requirements will then only apply to that portion.

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