[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR11.3]

[Page 240]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 11_DEBT COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart A_Retention of Private Counsel for Debt Collection
 
Sec. 11.3  Compliance with existing laws.

    The procurement of the services of private attorneys for debt 
collection shall be accomplished in accordance with the competitive 
procurement procedures mandated by Federal law, and set forth in the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 41 U.S.C. 251 
et seq. Best efforts shall be made to encourage extensive participation 
by law firms owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals in the competition for award of these 
contracts in the pilot districts. Such efforts shall include, at 
minimum, publication of the requirement for these services in the 
Commerce Business Daily and in a selection of pertinent legal 
publications likely to reach socially and economically disadvantaged 
firms, as well as sending written notice of the requirements to bar 
associations that have a significant socially and economically 
disadvantaged membership in the pilot districts. These special 
recruitment efforts will not authorize or permit preferential 
consideration to any bidders in selection for award of these contracts. 
The Department's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 
shall also make its resources available to assist in encouraging broad 
participation in this competition.