{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-4.1601","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 4.1601","heading":"Basis for appeal.","body":"(a) An appeal may be based only on a specific alleged material deviation (or deviations) by the agency from the provisions of OMB Circular A-76 or Supplement No. 1 thereto, the “Cost Comparison Handbook.” Appeals may not be based on other factors, such as the economic impact of the agency's decision on a community, or other socioeconomic issues.\n(b) This appeals procedure shall be used only to resolve questions of the determination between contract and in-house performance of a commercial or industrial type requirement, and shall not apply to questions concerning award to one contractor in preference to another.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior","PART 4—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES","Subpart M—Special Procedural Rules Applicable to Appeals of Decisions Made Under OMB Circular A-76"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"1460dff81af4596cf76811646e9a459ea0e1f4e185b198e56e94d403ca511d1a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-4.1600","next":"us/43-cfr-4.1602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}