48 CFR § 38.201 - 38.201 Coordination requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s38.201"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 38.201 - 38.201 Coordination requirements."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "38.201"
section_name: "38.201 Coordination requirements."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "38"
part_name: "FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE 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 42368, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "38"
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# 38.201 38.201 Coordination requirements.
(a) Subject to interagency agreements, contracting officers having responsibility for awarding Federal Supply Schedule contracts shall coordinate and obtain approval of the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service (FSS) before—
(1) Establishing new schedules;
(2) Discontinuing existing schedules;
(3) Changing the scope of agency or geographical coverage of existing schedules; or
(4) Adding or deleting special item numbers, national stock numbers, or revising their description.
(b) Requests should be forwarded to the General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service, Office of Acquisition (FC), Washington, DC 20406.
[48 FR 42368, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 29282, July 11, 1989; 56 FR 55372, Oct. 25, 1991; 59 FR 53718, Oct. 25, 1994; 62 FR 40237, July 25, 1997]