40 CFR § 35.4205 - How does my group procure a technical advisor or any other contractor?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s35.4205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 35.4205 - How does my group procure a technical advisor or any other contractor?"
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "35.4205"
section_name: "How does my group procure a technical advisor or any other contractor?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "35"
part_name: "STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401 33 U.S.C. 1251 42 U.S.C. 300f 42 U.S.C. 6901 7 U.S.C. 136 15 U.S.C. 2601 42 U.S.C. 13101 Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997), 2 CFR 200."
cfr_part: "35"
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# 35.4205 How does my group procure a technical advisor or any other contractor?
When procuring contractors your group must also:
(a) Provide opportunity for all qualified contractors to compete for your work (see § 35.4210);
(b) Keep written records of the reasons for all your contracting decisions;
(c) Make sure that all costs are reasonable in a proposed contract;
(d) Inform EPA of any proposed contract over $1,000.00;
(e) Provide EPA the opportunity to review a contract before your group awards or amends it;
(f) Perform a “cost analysis” to evaluate each element of a contractor's cost to determine if it is reasonable, allocable and allowable for all contracts over $25,000; and
[65 FR 58858, Oct. 2, 2000, as amended at 73 FR 15922, Mar. 26, 2008]