---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 35.017-3"
title: "48"
number: "35.017-3"
heading: "Using an FFRDC."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/35.017-3"
---

# §35.017-3. Using an FFRDC.

- (a) All work placed with the FFRDC must be within the purpose, mission, general scope of effort, or special competency of the FFRDC.
- (b) Where the use of the FFRDC by a nonsponsor is permitted by the sponsor, the sponsor shall be responsible for compliance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this subsection.
  - (1) The nonsponsoring agency shall provide the documentation required by 17.503(e) to the sponsoring agency.
  - (2) When a D&F is required pursuant to 17.502-2(c), the nonsponsoring agency shall prepare the D&F and provide the documentation required by 17.503(e) to the sponsoring agency.
  - (3) When permitted by the sponsor, a Federal agency may contract directly with the FFRDC, in which case that Federal agency is responsible for compliance with [part 6](/cfr/48/part6.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 3886, Feb. 5, 1990, as amended at 75 FR 77737, Dec. 13, 2010; 77 FR 186, Jan. 3, 2012; 84 FR 19838, May 6, 2019]

### 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: 48 FR 42352, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 3886, Feb. 5, 1990, as amended at 75 FR 77737, Dec. 13, 2010; 77 FR 186, Jan. 3, 2012; 84 FR 19838, May 6, 2019]