§ 837.271-2 - Definition.

The term management and professional services means those services related to the performance of operating functions of an agency, involving knowledge of an advanced type, and requiring the use of discretion and judgment. Management and professional services differ from consulting services in that the latter term refers to services of a purely advisory nature. Both categories of services involve selection of the contractor on the basis of qualifications, rather than price alone, and are therefore normally procured by negotiation.