644.64—Award of contracts.
(a) Contract awards.
Contract awards will be made only by duly qualified contracting officers in accordance with applicable procurement regulations.
(b) Review of title evidence contracts.
The Contracting Officer, if an employee of the Real Estate Division, or otherwise the Real Estate representative designated by the Division or District Engineer, will review contracts for title evidence. If this review is made by a Real Estate employee other than a Contracting Officer, he will advise the Contracting Officer relative thereto. The Contracting Officer or the Real Estate representative will ascertain that the Department of Justice has approved the bidder, and the contract will not be awarded to any bidder not so approved. The Contracting Officer or the Real Estate representative who is to advise him, will familiarize himself with “Standards for the Preparation of Title Evidence in Land Acquisitions by the United States,” issued by the Department of Justice, 1970.
(c) Distribution.
Upon acceptance, copies of title evidence contracts will be distributed in the same manner as other contracts.