41 U.S.C. § 252 : US Code - Section 252: Purchases and contracts for property

Search 41 U.S.C. § 252 : US Code - Section 252: Purchases and contracts for property

(a) Applicability of subchapter; delegation of authority
Executive agencies shall make purchases and contracts for
property and services in accordance with the provisions of this
subchapter and implementing regulations of the Administrator; but
this subchapter does not apply -
(1) to the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or
(2) when this subchapter is made inapplicable pursuant to
section 113(e) of title 40 or any other law, but when this
subchapter is made inapplicable by any such provision of law,
sections 5 and 8 of this title shall be applicable in the absence
of authority conferred by statute to procure without advertising
or without regard to said section 5 of this title.
(b) Small business concerns; share of business
It is the declared policy of the Congress that a fair proportion
of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for
the Government shall be placed with small business concerns.
(c) Authorization of erection, repair, or furnishing of public
buildings or improvements; contracts for construction or repair
of buildings, roads, sidewalks, sewers, mains, etc.; Federal
Highway Lands Program
(1) This subchapter does not (A) authorize the erection, repair,
or furnishing of any public building or public improvement, but
such authorization shall be required in the same manner as
heretofore, or (B) permit any contract for the construction or
repair of buildings, roads, sidewalks, sewers, mains, or similar
items using procedures other than sealed-bid procedures under
section 253(a)(2)(A) of this title, if the conditions set forth in
section 253(a)(2)(A) of this title apply or the contract is to be
performed outside the United States.
(2) Section 253(a)(2)(A) of this title does not require the use
of sealed-bid procedures in cases in which section 204(e) of title
23 applies.