48 CFR § 606.501 - 606.501 Requirement.

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title: "48 CFR § 606.501 - 606.501   Requirement."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "606.501"
section_name: "606.501   Requirement."
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
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part_number: "606"
part_name: "COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and 48 CFR chapter 1."
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# 606.501 606.501   Requirement.

(a) The Procurement Executive is the head of the agency for the purposes of FAR 6.501 and designates the Department Advocate for Competition.

(b) A contracting activity advocate for competition has been designated for A/LM/AQM. A/LM/AQM's advocate for competition is also designated the contracting activity advocate for competition for the Regional Procurement Support Offices. The Department Advocate for Competition is the activity advocate for competition for all other domestic contracting activities.

[59 FR 66756, Dec. 28, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 43622, Aug. 11, 1999; 69 FR 19331, Apr. 13, 2004, as amended 80 FR 6918, Feb. 9, 2015; 81 FR 24707, Apr. 27, 2016]