§ 3508.001 - Priorities for use of Government supply sources.

(a) Under Article IX of the Agreement in Implementation of Article III of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the Panama Canal Commission is required under certain conditions to give preference, to the maximum extent possible, to procuring supplies and services obtainable in Panama (see 3506.302-4(a), subpart 3525.8, and part 3570). Therefore, when supplies or services are to be procured from sources in Panama under the preference requirement of Article IX, the mandatory use of sources for a like item of supply or service, as required by FAR part 8, shall not be applicable.