Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI), 55193 [E7-19195]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 188 / Friday, September 28, 2007 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bonneville Power Administration Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI) Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), DOE ACTION: Notice of document availability. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: 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 for $30, or without charge at the following Internet address: https://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/ 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 for $15 each, or available without charge at the following Internet address: https://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/ bfai. ADDRESSES: Unbound 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 GK– 7, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208– 3621. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager, 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 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. 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. 839 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:12 Sep 27, 2007 Jkt 211001 provided in the following OMB circulars: A–21 Cost Principles for Educational Institutions. A–87 Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments. A–102 Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments. 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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), 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 for 
$30, or without charge at the following Internet address:  https://
www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/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 for $15 
each, or available without charge at the following Internet address: 
https://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/bfai.

ADDRESSES: Unbound 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 GK-7, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, 
Oregon 97208-3621.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager, 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 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. 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. 839 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 
provided in the following OMB circulars:

A-21 Cost Principles for Educational Institutions.
A-87 Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments.
A-102 Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local 
Governments.
A-110 Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other 
Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other 
Non-Profit Organizations.
A-122 Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations.
A-133 Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations.

    BPA's solicitations and contracts 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 13, 2007.
Damian J. Kelly,
Manager, Supply Chain Policy and Governance.
[FR Doc. E7-19195 Filed 9-27-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

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