PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS
SUBPART 405.3-- SYNOPSES OF CONTRACT AWARDS
405.303 Announcement of contract awards.
Contracting officers shall make information available on any contract award with an estimated total value over $1 million (including options) to their agency congressional liaison office in sufficient time for the agency to announce it by 5:00 p.m. Washington, DC time on the day of award. The agency congressional liaison office shall, concurrent with the public announcement, provide the award announcement information to the USDA Congressional Relations Office.
SUBPART 405.4--RELEASE OF INFORMATION
405.403 Requests from Members of Congress.
The head of the contracting activity (HCA) is the agency head designee pursuant to
405.404 Release of long-range acquisition estimates.
(a) HCA's shall establish written procedures to control the release of long-range acquisition estimates as authorized under
(b) Classified information shall not be released without the approval of the Information Security Staff, Personnel and Document Security Division, Office of Procurement and Property Management. Departmental Manuals and Regulations (3400 series) contain guidance on classified information.
SUBPART 405.5--PAID ADVERTISEMENTS
(a) The authority vested in the agency head to authorize publication of paid advertisements in newspapers (44 U.S.C. 3702) is delegated, with power of redelegation, to HCA's. HCA redelegation of this authority shall be in writing.
(b) Policies and procedures regarding prior authorization required for media other than newspapers are contained in USDA Departmental Regulations 1400 series.