[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60175-60176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25923]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions and 
Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

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SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) which 
establishes the procedures Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) uses 
in the solicitation, award, and administration of its purchases of 
goods and services, including construction, and the Bonneville 
Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI) which establishes the 
procedures BPA uses in the solicitation, award, and administration of 
financial assistance instruments (principally grants and cooperative 
agreements) are available from BPA for $30 and $15 each, respectively, 
or available without charge at the following Internet addresses:

http://www.bpa.gov/Corporate/kgp/bpi/bpi.htm and
http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/kgp/bfai/bfai.htm. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the BPI or BFAI may be obtained by sending a check 
for the proper amount to the Head of the Contracting Activity, Routing 
CC, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 
97208-3621.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Manager, Corporate Communications, 
1-800-622-4519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was established in 1937 as a Federal 
Power Marketing Agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA operations are 
financed from power revenues as opposed to annual appropriations. Its 
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. It is significantly different from the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation, 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

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provided in the following OMB circulars:

A-21 Cost principles applicable to grants, contracts, and other 
agreements within institutions of higher education.
A-87 Cost principles applicable to grants, contracts, and other 
agreements with State and local governments.
A-102 Uniform administrative requirements for grants in aid to State 
and local governments, and the common rule.
A-110 Grants and agreements with institutions of higher education, 
hospitals and other nonprofit organizations.
A-122 Cost principles applicable to grants, contracts, and other 
agreements with nonprofit organizations.
A-133 Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit 
Organizations.

    BPA's solicitations include notice of applicability and 
availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as appropriate, for the 
information of offerors on particular purchases or financial assistance 
transactions.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 26, 2000.
Kenneth R. Berglund,
Manager, Contracts and Property Management.
[FR Doc. 00-25923 Filed 10-6-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P