---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 36.601-3"
title: "48"
number: "36.601-3"
heading: "Applicable contracting procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/36.601-3"
---

# §36.601-3. Applicable contracting procedures.

- (a)
  - (1) For facility design contracts, the statement of work shall require that the architect-engineer specify, in the construction design specifications, use of the maximum practicable amount of recovered materials consistent with the performance requirements, availability, price reasonableness, and cost-effectiveness. Where appropriate, the statement of work also shall require the architect-engineer to consider energy conservation, pollution prevention, and waste reduction to the maximum extent practicable in developing the construction design specifications.
  - (2) Facility design solicitations and contracts that include the specification of energy-consuming products must comply with the requirements at 23.107-3.
- (b) Sources for contracts for architect-engineer services shall be selected in accordance with the procedures in this subpart rather than the solicitation or source selection procedures prescribed in parts [13](/cfr/48/part13.md), [14](/cfr/48/part14.md), and 15 of this regulation.
- (c) When the contract statement of work includes both architect-engineer services and other services, the contracting officer shall follow the procedures in this subpart if the statement of work, substantially or to a dominant extent, specifies performance or approval by a registered or licensed architect or engineer. If the statement of work does not specify such performance or approval, the contracting officer shall follow the procedures in parts [13](/cfr/48/part13.md), [14](/cfr/48/part14.md), or 15.
- (d) Other than “incidental services” as specified in the definition of architect-engineer services in [Section 2.101](/cfr/48/2.101.md) and in [Section 36.601-4(a)(3)](/cfr/48/36.601-4.md?p=a-3), services that do not require performance by a registered or licensed architect or engineer, notwithstanding the fact that architect-engineers also may perform those services, should be acquired pursuant to parts [13](/cfr/48/part13.md), [14](/cfr/48/part14.md), and 15.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 29128, June 25, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 28498, May 31, 1995; 62 FR 44812, Aug. 22, 1997; 66 FR 2132, Jan. 10, 2001; 72 FR 65872, Nov. 23, 2007; 89 FR 30245, Apr. 22, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 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 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 29128, June 25, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 28498, May 31, 1995; 62 FR 44812, Aug. 22, 1997; 66 FR 2132, Jan. 10, 2001; 72 FR 65872, Nov. 23, 2007; 89 FR 30245, Apr. 22, 2024]