{"data":{"id":"us/13-cfr-305.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"13 CFR 305.7","heading":"Services performed by the Recipient's own forces.","body":"In certain circumstances, the Recipient may wish to consider having a portion or all of the design, construction, inspection, legal services or other work and/or services in connection with the Project performed by personnel who are employed by the Recipient either full-time or part-time. EDA may approve the use of such “in-house forces” if:\n(a) The services are routinely performed by the Recipient for all construction Projects performed by the Recipient (for example, inspection or legal); or\n(b) The Recipient has a special skill required for the construction of the Project (for example, construction of unique Indian structures); or\n(c) The Recipient has made all reasonable efforts to obtain a contractor but has failed to do so because of uncontrollable factors such as the remoteness of the Project site or an overabundance of construction work in the Region; or\n(d) The Recipient demonstrates substantial cost savings.","path":["Title 13—Business Credit and Assistance","CHAPTER III—ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 305—PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS","Subpart B—Requirements for Approved Projects"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-13.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:18Z","sha256":"95a485c08d1f9be2e691270c66305e028eda666abc62bfced5dc4cd563076bcf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/13-cfr-305.6","next":"us/13-cfr-305.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}