[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR3509.504]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                   CHAPTER 35--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
 
PART 3509--CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 3509.5--Organizational Conflicts of Interest
 
Sec. 3509.504  Contracting officer responsibilities.

    (a) Contracting officers will be responsible for determining the 
existence of actual and potential organizational conflicts of interest 
which would result from the award of the contract. The contracting 
officer will be guided by information submitted by offerors and by the 
contracting officer's own judgment. The contracting officer may obtain 
the advice of legal counsel and the assistance of technical specialists 
in evaluating potential organizational conflicts.
    (b) If it is determined that organizational conflicts of interest 
will be created by the award of the contract, the contracting officer 
may find an offeror nonresponsible.
    (c) Notwithstanding the existence of organizational conflicts of 
interest, it may be determined that the award of the contract would be 
in the best interest of the Commission. In that case, the contracting 
officer may, with the approval of the cognizant Head of the Contracting 
Activity, set terms and conditions which will reduce the organizational 
conflicts of interest to the greatest extent possible.
    (d) The contracting officer shall, in addition to any certifications 
required by this subpart, require in all solicitations for consulting 
services that the offeror submit as part of an offer a statement which 
discloses all relevant facts relating to existing or potential 
organizational conflicts of interest surrounding the contract, including 
disclosure of such conflicts of interest with respect to proposed 
subcontractors.