2901.304 - Agency control and compliance procedures.

Standard Number: 2901.304
Standard Title: Agency control and compliance procedures.
SubPart Number: 2901.3
SubPart Title: Agency Acquisition Regulations

(a) The DOLAR System is under the direct oversight and control of the Director, Directorate of Procurement and Grant Management. Procedures for review and approval of issuances under the DOLAR System comply with FAR subparts 1.3 and 1.4. These procedures are contained in 2901.6.
(b) DOLAR System issuances shall comply with the restrictions in FAR 1.304(b) and the limitations in 2901.302. DOL Agencies and offices may implement or supplement the FAR or DOLAR with internal instructions not applicable DOL-wide. Additionally, they may request publication in the DOLAR of procurement instructions and other procurement material considered of interest to the general public. Such instructions shall not duplicate higher-level coverage and shall be numbered in accordance with FAR 1.104-2 except that the numbers prescribed there and in 2901.104-2 shall be suffixed by the alphabetic abbreviation or other symbol of the respective Agency issuing the instructions. Each DOL Agency and office shall establish, at the headquarters level, review and approval procedures for maintaining oversight and control of all DOLAR System issuances for their respective Agency or office. These procedures shall include methods to prevent unnecessary duplication of higher-level coverage; ensure consistency and uniformity among issuances; control the number of directives issued; update directives; and distribute copies.
(c) DOL Agencies and offices shall submit all proposed instructions and materials that implement or supplement the DOLAR to the Director, Directorate of Procurement and Grant Management, for review in conjunction with the Solicitor prior to their publication. All issuances, whether or not published as a part of the DOLAR System, shall be submitted for review. In the case of internal procurement instructions, the purpose of the review is to ascertain that such instructions are consistent with the FAR and the DOLAR and that they do not contain information which should be issued as the DOLAR.