The BPC or designee is the chief of the contracting office for the purposes of FAR 16.207-3(d).
(a) Justifications for exceptions to the fair opportunity process specified in FAR 16.505(b)(2) shall be approved in accordance with JAR 2806.304.
(b) In accordance with FAR 16.505(b)(8), the DOJ task order and delivery order ombudsman is the DOJ Competition Advocate.
(c) HCAs shall designate a bureau task order and delivery order ombudsman. This person may be the bureau Competition Advocate.
(d) Bureau ombudsmen shall review and resolve complaints from contractors concerning task or delivery orders placed by the bureau.
(e) Contractors not satisfied with the resolution of a complaint by a bureau ombudsman may request the DOJ ombudsman to review the complaint.
The BPC, or designee at a level at or above the chief of the contracting office, is the agency official authorized to approve a determination and finding prescribed in FAR 16.601(d)(1)(ii).
The limitations set forth in 2816.601 for time-and-materials contracts also applies to labor hour contracts.