---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 401.371"
title: "48"
number: "401.371"
heading: "USDA Contracting Desk Book."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/401.371"
---

# §401.371. USDA Contracting Desk Book.

- (a) The SPE may issue and update the USDA Contracting Desk Book, consistent with the policies of the FAR and the AGAR, for the following purposes:
  - (1) To communicate Department-wide policy and/or procedural guidance to contracting activities;
  - (2) To delegate to procurement officials the authority to make determinations or to take action to implement the policies of the FAR or the AGAR; and,
  - (3) To establish internal policy and procedures on an interim basis, prior to incorporation in the AGAR or in a Departmental Directive.
- (b) **The USDA Contracting Desk Book is only available in electronic format on the USDA procurement website.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 40 U.S.C. 486(c).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 81015, Oct. 7, 2024, unless otherwise noted.