49 C.F.R. § 29.508 – What procurement standards apply to contracts carried out using funds included in a funding agreement?

(a) Each contract carried out using funds included in a funding agreement must, at a minimum:
1. (1) Be in writing;
2. (2) Identify the interested parties, their respective roles and responsibilities, and the purposes of the contract;
3. (3) State the work to be performed under the contract;
4. (4) State the process for making any claim, the payments to be made, and the terms of the contract; and
5. (5) State that it is subject to 25 U.S.C. 5307(b) consistent with § 29.524.
(b) A Tribe that chooses to use a procurement method that is not provided for in its established procurement management standards in the delivery of a Tribal transportation project must submit the request to deviate from these standards to the Department for review and approval in accordance with § 29.515. The deviation request must specify the procurement method that the Tribe proposes to use and the project to which such method will be applied.