[Federal Register: September 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 180)]
[Notices]               
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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]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P