§ 2806.501 - Requirement.

2806.501 Requirement.

In accordance with FAR 6.501:

(a) The Assistant Director, Procurement Policy and Review Group, Management and Planning StaffOffice of Acquisition Management (OAM), Justice Management Division (JMD), has been is designated as the DOJ Competition Advocate for the Department of Justice.

(b) The agency head HCA or designee for each bureau will appoint , in each bureau, an official to be the contracting activity competition advocate. The contracting activity competition advocates bureau Competition Advocate. The bureau Competition Advocate shall be vested with the overall responsibility for competition activities within their contracting activity. No individual in the contracting office at or below his or her bureau. The delegated bureau Competition Advocate must be at or above the level of chief of the contracting office may serve as the contracting activity competition advocate. An individual at any level above the BPC may serve as contracting activity competition advocateBPC organizationally.