---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 237.7401"
title: "48"
number: "237.7401"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/237.7401"
---

# §237.7401. Policy.


The authority in 206.302-5(b)(ii) to contract with local governments—

- (a) May be exercised without regard to the provisions of 10 U.S.C. Chapter 146, Contracting for Performance of Civilian Commercial or Industrial Type Functions;
- (b) May not be exercised earlier than 180 days before the date the installation is scheduled to be closed;
- (c) Requires a determination by the head of the contracting activity that the services being acquired under contract with the local government are in the best interests of the Department of Defense.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 36089, July 15, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 29500, June 5, 1995; 83 FR 24894, May 30, 2018]

### Source

Source: 59 FR 36089, July 15, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36424, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 36089, July 15, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 29500, June 5, 1995; 83 FR 24894, May 30, 2018]