48 CFR § 209.571-6 - 209.571-6 Identification of organizational conflicts of interest.

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title: "48 CFR § 209.571-6 - 209.571-6   Identification of organizational conflicts of interest."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "209.571-6"
section_name: "209.571-6   Identification of organizational conflicts of interest."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
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subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "209"
part_name: "CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36313, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 209.571-6 209.571-6   Identification of organizational conflicts of interest.

When evaluating organizational conflicts of interest for major defense acquisition programs or pre-major defense acquisition programs, contracting officers shall consider—

(a) The ownership of business units performing systems engineering and technical assistance, professional services, or management support services to a major defense acquisition program or a pre-major defense acquisition program by a contractor who simultaneously owns a business unit competing (or potentially competing) to perform as—

(1) The prime contractor for the same major defense acquisition program; or

(2) The supplier of a major subsystem or component for the same major defense acquisition program.

(b) The proposed award of a major subsystem by a prime contractor to business units or other affiliates of the same parent corporate entity, particularly the award of a subcontract for software integration or the development of a proprietary software system architecture; and

(c) The performance by, or assistance of, contractors in technical evaluation.

[75 FR 81913, Dec. 29, 2010]