Federal · Title 50 — War and National Defense

50 U.S.C. § 1432: Restrictions

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the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting; any contract in violation of existing law relating to limitation of profits; the negotiation of purchases of or contracts for property or services required by law to be procured by formal advertising and competitive bidding; the waiver of any bid, payment, performance, or other bond required by law; the amendment of a contract negotiated under section 2304(a)(15) 1 of title 10 or under section 252(c)(13) 1 See References in Text note below. 1 of title 41, to increase the contract price to an amount higher than the lowest rejected bid of any responsible bidder; or the formalization of an informal commitment, unless it is found that at the time the commitment was made it was impracticable to use normal procurement procedures.

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