Preferential procurement programs. It does not include determinations as to whether a support service should be obtained through public or private resources, when the Government retains full responsibility and control over the delivery of those services. Quality assurance surveillance. Assurance Surveillance is the method by which Federal employees will supervise in-house or contract performance to ensure that the standards of the PWS are met within the costs bid. Reasonable or competitive prices.
Determinations are to be made by the contracting officer.
Recurring commercial activity. This definition does not imply an hourly, daily, monthly or annual requirement, but must, in a general sense, be repetitive in nature, wherein the expected workload can be reasonably estimated. Many of these commercial activities can be aggregated. For example, an agency may inventory transportation acquisition, operations, maintenance and disposal as independent commercial activities. Economies of scale are not justification for dismissing new or expanded work as severable, these economies will be tested through competitive offer.