---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 18.104"
title: "48"
number: "18.104"
heading: "Unusual and compelling urgency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/18.104"
---

# §18.104. Unusual and compelling urgency.


Agencies may limit the number of sources and full and open competition need not be provided for contracting actions involving urgent requirements. (See 6.302-2.)


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, unless otherwise noted.