---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 22.305"
title: "32"
number: "22.305"
heading: "General policy and requirement for competition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/22.305"
---

# §22.305. General policy and requirement for competition.

- (a) **It is DoD policy to maximize use of competition in the award of grants and cooperative agreements.** This also conforms with:
  - (1) [31 U.S.C. 6301(3)](/usc/31/6301.md?p=3), which encourages the use of competition in awarding all grants and cooperative agreements.
  - (2) [10 U.S.C. 2374(a)](/usc/10/2374.md?p=a), which sets out Congressional policy that any new grant for research, development, test, or evaluation be awarded through merit-based selection procedures.
- (b) Grants officers shall use merit-based, competitive procedures (as defined by [§ 22.315](/cfr/32/22.315.md)) to award grants and cooperative agreements:
  - (1) In every case where required by statute (e.g., [10 U.S.C. 2361](/usc/10/2361.md), as implemented in [§ 22.310](/cfr/32/22.310.md), for certain grants to institutions of higher education).
  - (2) **To the maximum extent practicable in all cases where not required by statute.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 12164, Mar. 12, 1998, unless otherwise noted.