(b) Procurement instructions necessary to implement or supplement the FPR and Chapter 14 will be issued by the Office of the Administrative Assistant Secretary, when necessary to accomplish Department-wide procurement objectives. Such issuances will be promulgated in the Departmental Manual.

(c) Instructions necessary to supplement the FPR, Chapter 14, and the Departmental Manual will be issued by the heads of the bureaus and contracting offices, and by their delegates in subordinate offices.

§ 14-1.104 Applicability.

(a) Chapter 14 applies to all purchases and contracts made by any bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction). Unless otherwise specified, it applies to purchases and contracts within and outside the United States.

(b) This chapter shall not be construed or applied in such a way as to impair the exercise of special statutory authority governing the production, sale or exchange of electric energy, the processing and sale of helium gas, or the production and sale of water or other products under the saline water program.

§ 14-1.107-1 Numbering.

(a) The numbering system used in Chapter 14 conforms to that of the FPR. Thus, a particular procurement policy or procedure will be identified by the same number in Chapter 14 as in FPR, except that the first digit of the number is 1 (FPR) or 14 (Department of the Interior).

(b) Similarly, procedure and instructions which may be issued by the bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior will be identified by alphabetical designations immediately following the Departmental Code (14), as illustrated below:

14R

Office of Saline Water.

14S

14T

14U

14W

National Park Service.

Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.

Bureau of Reclamation.

Bonneville Power Administration.

Southeastern Power Administration.

Southwestern Power Administration.

[27 F.R. 776, Jan. 26, 1962, as amended at 29 F.R. 2452, Feb. 14, 1964]