---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1503.601"
title: "48"
number: "1503.601"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1503.601"
---

# §1503.601. Policy.

- (a) No contract may be awarded without competition to a former employee or special government employee (or to a business concern or other organization owned or substantially owned or controlled by a former employee) whose employment terminated within 365 calendar days before submission of a proposal to EPA.
- (b) No contract shall be awarded without competition to a firm which employs, or proposes to employ, a current employee or special government employee, or a former EPA employee or special government employee, whose employment terminated within 365 calendar days before submission of a proposal to EPA, if either of the following conditions exists:
  - (1) The current or former EPA employee or special government employee is or was involved in development or negotiating the proposal for the prospective contractor; or
  - (2) The current or former EPA employee or special government employee will be involved directly or indirectly in the management, administration, or performance of the contract.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 41 U.S.C. 1707.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 31178, May 18, 2016, unless otherwise noted.