---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1206.202"
title: "48"
number: "1206.202"
heading: "Establishing or maintaining alternative sources."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1206.202"
---

# §1206.202. Establishing or maintaining alternative sources.

- (a) The head of the contracting activity (HCA) is delegated authority to exclude a particular source from a contract action in order to establish or maintain an alternative source under the conditions listed in FAR 6.202(a).
- (b) The HCA is also delegated authority to approve a Determination and Findings (D&F) in support of a contract action awarded under the authority of FAR 6.202(a).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 61159, Oct. 7, 2022, unless otherwise noted.