[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24250]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI)
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), DOE.
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
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SUMMARY: Copies of the BPI which establishes the procedures BPA uses in
the solicitation, award, and administration of its purchases of goods
and services, including construction, and the Bonneville Financial
Assistance Instructions (BFAI) which establishes the procedures BPA
uses in the solicitation, award, and administration of financial
assistance instruments (principally grants and cooperative agreements)
are available from BPA for $30 and $15 each, respectively, or available
without charge at the Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/Corporate/
kgp/bpi/bpi.htm and http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/kgp/bfai/bfai.htm.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the BPI or BFAI may be obtained by sending a check
for the proper amount to the Head of the Contracting Activity, Routing
KGP, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon
97208-3621.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Manager, Corporate Communications,
1-800-622-4519.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was established in 1937 as a Federal
Power Marketing Agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA operations are
financed from power revenues as opposed to annual appropriations. Its
purchasing operations are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and
related statutes, pursuant to these special authorities, the BPI is
promulgated as a statement of purchasing policy and as a body of
interpretative regulations governing the conduct of BPA purchasing
activities. It is significantly different from the Federal Acquisition
Regulation, and reflects BPA's private sector approach to purchasing
the goods and services which it requires. BPA's financial assistance
operations are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 839
et seq. The BFAI express BPA's financial assistance policy. The BFAI
also comprise BPA's rules governing implementation of the principles
provided in the following OMB circulars:
A-21 Cost principles applicable to grants, contracts, and other
agreements within institutions of higher education.
A-87 Cost principles applicable to grants, contracts, and other
agreements with State and local governments.
A-102 Uniform administrative requirements for grants in aid to
State and local governments, and the common rule.
A-110 Grants and agreements with institutions of higher education,
hospitals and other nonprofit organizations.
A-122 Cost principles applicable to grants, contracts, and other
agreements with nonprofit organizations.
A-133 Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit
Organizations. BPA's solicitations include notice of applicability and
availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as appropriate, for the
information of offerors on particular purchases or financial assistance
transactions.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 9, 1999.
Kenneth R. Berglund,
Manager, Contracts and Property Management.
[FR Doc. 99-24250 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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