Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI)
| Published date | 01 October 2019 |
| Record Number | 2019-21295 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Bonneville Power Administration,Energy Department |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 52079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21295]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and
Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI)
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
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SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which
contain the policy and establish the procedures that BPA uses in the
solicitation, award, and administration of its purchases of goods and
services, including construction, are available in printed form or at
the following internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/goto/BPI. Copies of
the Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which contain
the policy and establish the procedures that BPA uses in the
solicitation, award, and administration of financial assistance
instruments (principally grants and cooperative agreements), are
available in printed form or available at the following internet
address: http://www.bpa.gov/goto/BFAI.
ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI or BFAI may be obtained by sending
a request to the Head of the Contracting Activity, Routing CGP-7,
Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-
3621.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas M. Jenkins, Head of the
Contracting Activity; direct telephone (503) 230-5498; or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was established in 1937 as a Federal
Power Marketing Agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA operations are
financed from rate payer revenues rather than annual appropriations.
BPA's purchasing operations are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq.
and related statutes. Pursuant to these special authorities, the BPI is
promulgated as a statement of purchasing policy and as a body of
interpretative regulations governing the conduct of BPA purchasing
activities, and reflects BPA's private sector approach to purchasing
the goods and services that it requires. BPA's financial assistance
operations are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and 16 U.S.C. 839
et seq. The BFAI express BPA's financial assistance policy. The BFAI
also comprise BPA's rules governing implementation of the principles
set forth in 2 CFR part 200.
BPA's solicitations and contracts include notice of applicability
and availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as appropriate, for offerors
to obtain information on particular purchases or financial assistance
transactions.
Signed in Portland, Oregon, on September 20, 2019.
Nicholas M. Jenkins,
Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance.
[FR Doc. 2019-21295 Filed 9-30-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
