[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 50354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21725]


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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), Department of Energy 
(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 or at 
the following internet address: http://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 or available at the following internet 
address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/bfai.

ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI or BFAI may be obtained by sending 
a request to the Head of the Contracting Activity, Routing CGP-7, 
Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-
3621.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas M. Jenkins, Head of the 
Contracting Activity; direct telephone (503) 230-5498; or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was established in 1937 as a Federal 
Power Marketing Agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA operations are 
financed from rate payer 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, 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 
set forth in 2 CFR part 200.
    BPA's solicitations and contracts include notice of applicability 
and availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as appropriate, for offerors 
to obtain information on particular purchases or financial assistance 
transactions.

    Signed in Portland, Oregon, on September 6, 2018
Nicholas M. Jenkins,
Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance.
[FR Doc. 2018-21725 Filed 10-4-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P