Federal Register: October 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 191)
DOCID: fr05oc09-35 FR Doc E9-23921
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr05oc09-35
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of document availability.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI)
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Copies of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which contain the policy and establish the procedures that BPA uses in the solicitation, award, and administration of its purchases of goods and services, including construction, are available in printed form for $30, or without charge at the following Internet address: http:// www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/bpi.
Copies of the Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which contain the policy and establish the procedures that BPA uses in the solicitation, award, and administration of financial assistance instruments (principally grants and cooperative agreements), are available in printed form for $15 each, or available without charge at the following Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/ bfai.
SUMMARY:
Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
BPA was established in 1937 as a Federal
Power Marketing Agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA operations are
financed from power revenues rather than annual appropriations. BPA's
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 that it requires. BPA's financial assistance
operations are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 839 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
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implementation of the principles provided in the following Federal
Regulations and/or OMB circulars: 2 CFR Part 220 Cost Principles for
Educational Institutions (CircularA21); 2 CFR Part 225 Cost Principles
for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments (Circular A87); Grants
and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments (Circular
A102); Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements
with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other NonProfit
Organizations (Circular A110); 2 CFR Part 230 Cost Principles for Non
Profit Organizations (Circular A122); and Audits of States, Local Governments and NonProfit Organizations (Circular A133).
BPA's solicitations and contracts 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 18, 2009. Damian J. Kelly,
Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance.
[FR Doc. E923921 Filed 10209; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 645001P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Manager, Communications, 1-800-622- 4519.