---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 2500.011"
title: "7"
number: "2500.011"
heading: "Competition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/2500.011"
---

# §2500.011. Competition.

- (a) **Standards for competition.** Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, OAO will enter into discretionary grants or cooperative agreement only after competition, unless restricted by statute.
- (b) **Exception.** The OAO ADO may make a determination in writing that competition is not deemed appropriate for a particular transaction. Such determination shall be limited to transactions where it can be adequately justified that a noncompetitive award is in the best interest of the Federal Government and necessary to the goals of the program. Non-competitive determinations will comply with regulations established in [7 CFR 3015.158(d)](/cfr/7/3015.158.md?p=d).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6934, 7 U.S.C. 2279.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 66170, Oct. 26, 2011, unless otherwise noted.