62 Pa.C.S. § 4102: Bids and down payments.

Any government agency authorized to enter into a contract under section 4101 (relating to contracts with United States) may designate by appropriate order an officeholder or employee of its own to enter a bid in its behalf at any sale of any surplus real or personal Federal property and may authorize the designee to make any down payment or payment in full required in connection with the bidding.