---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 35.4205"
title: "40"
number: "35.4205"
heading: "How does my group procure a technical advisor or any other contractor?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/35.4205"
---

# §35.4205. How does my group procure a technical advisor or any other contractor?


When procuring contractors your group must also:

- (a) Provide opportunity for all qualified contractors to compete for your work (see [§ 35.4210](/cfr/40/35.4210.md));
- (b) Keep written records of the reasons for all your contracting decisions;
- (c) Make sure that all costs are reasonable in a proposed contract;
- (d) Inform EPA of any proposed contract over $1,000.00;
- (e) Provide EPA the opportunity to review a contract before your group awards or amends it;
- (f) Perform a “cost analysis” to evaluate each element of a contractor's cost to determine if it is reasonable, allocable and allowable for all contracts over $25,000; and

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 58858, Oct. 2, 2000, as amended at 73 FR 15922, Mar. 26, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9617(e); sec. 9(g), E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 58858, Oct. 2, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq.; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997), 2 CFR 200.

### Amendments

[65 FR 58858, Oct. 2, 2000, as amended at 73 FR 15922, Mar. 26, 2008]