101-26.107—Priorities for use of supply sources.

(a) Executive agencies shall satisfy requirements for supplies and services from or through the sources and publications listed below in descending order of priority:
(1) Supplies. (i) Agency inventories;
(ii) Excess for other agencies (see part 101-43 and 48 CFR subpart 8.1 );
(iii) Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) (see § 101-26.702 and 48 CFR subpart 8.6 );
(iv) Procurement lists of products available from the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (see § 101.26.701 and 48 CFR subpart 8.7 );
(v) Central supply sources, such as the stock, special order, or customer supply center programs of the General Services Administration (GSA) (see subpart , § 101-26.102, and subpart ), the Defense Logistics Agency (see subpart ), the Department of Veterans Affairs (see § 101-26.704 ), and military inventory control points (see § 101-26.606 );
(vi) Mandatory Federal Supply Schedules (see subpart and 48 CFR subpart 8.4 );
(vii) Optional use Federal Supply Schedules (see subpart and 48 CFR subpart 8.4 ); and
(viii) Commercial sources (including educational and nonprofit institutions).
(2) Services. (i) Procurement lists of services available from the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (see § 101-26.701 and 48 CFR subpart 8.7 );
(ii) Mandatory Federal Supply Schedules (see subpart and 48 CFR subpart 8.4 );
(iii) Optional use Federal Supply Schedules (see subpart and 48 CFR subpart 8.4 ); and
(iv) Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) (see § 101-26.702 and 48 CFR subpart 8.6) or other commercial sources (including educational and nonprofit institutions).
(b) Sources other than those listed in paragraph (a) of this section may be used as prescribed in § 101-26.301 and in an unusual and compelling urgency as prescribed in § 101-25.101-5 and 48 CFR 6.302-2.

Code of Federal Regulations

[58 FR 41367, Aug. 5, 1993]