48 CFR § 37.109 - 37.109 Services of quasi-military armed forces.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s37.109"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 37.109 - 37.109 Services of quasi-military armed forces."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "37.109"
section_name: "37.109 Services of quasi-military armed forces."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "37"
part_name: "SERVICE CONTRACTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42365, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "37"
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# 37.109 37.109 Services of quasi-military armed forces.
Contracts with *Pinkerton Detective Agencies or similar organizations* are prohibited by 5 U.S.C. 3108. This prohibition applies only to contracts with organizations that offer quasi-military armed forces for hire, or with their employees, regardless of the contract's character. An organization providing guard or protective services does not thereby become a *quasi-military armed force,* even though the guards are armed or the organization provides general investigative or detective services. (See 57 Comp. Gen. 524).