§ 380.502-5 - Buy Indian restricted advertising.

Buy Indian restricted advertising is a special method of negotiated acquisition conducted in the same manner as a formally advertised acquisition, except that competition and award are restricted to Indian firms (see FAR 19.101). Thus, a Buy Indian acquisition may be considered an acquisition set-aside for Indian firms in the manner that some acquisitions are set-aside for small business concerns (see FAR 19.101). Set-aside acquisitions are, technically, negotiated acquisitions but should be conducted as if they were formally advertised acquisitions in instances where the formal advertising method would be used if the set-aside was not in effect.