---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3430.11"
title: "7"
number: "3430.11"
heading: "Competition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3430.11"
---

# §3430.11. Competition.

- (a) **Standards for competition.** Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, NIFA will enter into grants and cooperative agreements, unless restricted by statute, only after competition.
- (b) **Exception.** The NIFA ADO and the designated Agency approving official 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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3316; Pub. L. 106-107 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)

### Source

Source: 74 FR 45740, Sept. 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted.