Requirements for the Acquisition of Chemicals cont'd

DOE-HDBK-1139/3-2003

Sources10

Consolidated Requirements

4.4 Fuel and Petroleum

4.4.1

Acquisitions of fuel and packaged petroleum products by

41CFR101-26.602;

DOE offices and contractors shall be from Defense

sources.

48CFR908.7109

4.4.2

DOE offices and authorized contractors may participate

41CFR101-26.602;

in the Defense Fuel Supply Center (DFSC) coal-

contracting program for carloads or larger lots.

48CFR908.7110 1.1.8

4.5 Arms and Ammunition

4.5.1 Acquisition of arms and ammunition readily procurable

48CFR908.7111;

in the civilian market shall be made in accordance with

local site acquisition procedures.

49 FR 11945, Mar. 28, 1984,

as amended at 49 FR 38950,

Oct. 2, 1984

4.6 DOE-specific materials acquisitions14

Contracting activities shall require authorized contractors to obtain

the special materials identified in the following subsections in

accordance with the procedures stated therein.

4.6.1

Heavy water. The Senior Program Official or designee

48CFR908.7121

controls the acquisition and production of heavy water for

a given program. Requests for the acquisition or

production of heavy water orders shall be placed directly

with the cognizant Senior Program Official or designee

(see definition).

Precious metals15. DOE offices and authorized

4.6.2

[54 FR 27646, June 30,

contractors shall coordinate with the Oak Ridge operating

1989, as amended at 59 FR

contractor regarding the availability of the above metals

9105, Feb. 25, 1994];

prior to the purchase of these metals on the open market.

[62 FR 2312, Jan. 16, 1997]

Lithium16. The DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office

4.6.3

[62 FR 2312, Jan. 16, 1997]

supplies of Lithium shall be considered the first source of

supply prior to procurement of lithium compounds from

any other source.

This section covers the purchase of materials peculiar to the DOE program. While purchases of these materials

are unclassified, the specific quantities, destination or use may be classified. See appropriate sections of the

Classification Guide.

The DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office is responsible for maintaining the DOE supply of precious metals. These

metals are platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, gold, and silver.

Lithium is available at no cost other than normal packing, handling, and shipping charges from the DOE Oak

Ridge Operations Office.