{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-37.109","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 37.109","heading":"37.109 Services of quasi-military armed forces.","body":"Contracts with Pinkerton Detective Agencies or similar organizations are prohibited by 5 U.S.C. 3108. This prohibition applies only to contracts with organizations that offer quasi-military armed forces for hire, or with their employees, regardless of the contract's character. An organization providing guard or protective services does not thereby become a quasi-military armed force, even though the guards are armed or the organization provides general investigative or detective services. (See 57 Comp. Gen. 524).","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER F—SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING","PART 37—SERVICE CONTRACTING","Subpart 37.1—Service Contracts—General"],"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":"dbdf462304194561a8beedcee87a34e22dd91161017cf64afafe65de708b01ba","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-37.108","next":"us/48-cfr-37.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}