---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 906.304"
title: "48"
number: "906.304"
heading: "Approval of the justification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/906.304"
---

# §906.304. Approval of the justification.

- (c) Class justifications within the delegated authority of a Head of the Contracting Activity may be approved for:
  - (1) Contracts for electric power or energy, gas (natural or manufactured), water, or other utility services when such services are available from only one source;
  - (2) Contracts under the authority cited in 48 CFR [6.302-4](/cfr/48/6.302-4.md) or [6.302-5](/cfr/48/6.302-5.md); or
  - (3) **Contracts for educational services from nonprofit institutions.** Class justifications for classes of actions that may exceed $10,000,000 require the approval of the Senior Procurement Executive.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 12183, Mar. 27, 1985, as amended at 74 FR 36378, July 22, 2009; 76 FR 7690, Feb. 11, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. and 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 12183, Mar. 27, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 12183, Mar. 27, 1985, as amended at 74 FR 36378, July 22, 2009; 76 FR 7690, Feb. 11, 2011]