{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-1503.601","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 1503.601","heading":"1503.601 Policy.","body":"(a) No contract may be awarded without competition to a former employee or special government employee (or to a business concern or other organization owned or substantially owned or controlled by a former employee) whose employment terminated within 365 calendar days before submission of a proposal to EPA.\n(b) No contract shall be awarded without competition to a firm which employs, or proposes to employ, a current employee or special government employee, or a former EPA employee or special government employee, whose employment terminated within 365 calendar days before submission of a proposal to EPA, if either of the following conditions exists:\n(1) The current or former EPA employee or special government employee is or was involved in development or negotiating the proposal for the prospective contractor; or\n(2) The current or former EPA employee or special government employee will be involved directly or indirectly in the management, administration, or performance of the contract.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 15—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1503—IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST","Subpart 1503.6—Contracts With Government Employees or Organizations Owned or Controlled by Them"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"e7b87ecc7ec0d8058aee5609b83e6d7886e711dccbf70bde1e62c38a6dc26b55","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-1503.600-71","next":"us/48-cfr-1503.602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}