{"identifier":"/us/usc/t41/s6702","title":41,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6702.","heading":"Contracts to which this chapter applies","text":"\u00a7\u202f6702.\nContracts to which this chapter applies\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nExcept as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to any contract or bid specification for a contract, whether negotiated or advertised, that\u2014\n(1) is made by the Federal Government or the District of Columbia;\n(2) involves an amount exceeding $2,500; and\n(3) has as its principal purpose the furnishing of services in the United States through the use of service employees.\n(b)\nExemptions.\u2014\nThis chapter does not apply to\u2014\n(1) a contract of the Federal Government or the District of Columbia for the construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of public buildings or public works;\n(2) any work required to be done in accordance with chapter 65 of this title;\n(3) a contract for the carriage of freight or personnel by vessel, airplane, bus, truck, express, railway line or oil or gas pipeline where published tariff rates are in effect;\n(4) a contract for the furnishing of services by radio, telephone, telegraph, or cable companies, subject to the Communications Act of 1934 (\n47 U.S.C. 151\n(5) a contract for public utility services, including electric light and power, water, steam, and gas;\n(6) an employment contract providing for direct services to a Federal agency by an individual; and\n(7) a contract with the United States Postal Service, the principal purpose of which is the operation of postal contract stations.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t41/s6702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Contracts to which this chapter applies"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to any contract or bid specification for a contract, whether negotiated or advertised, that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" is made by the Federal Government or the District of Columbia;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" involves an amount exceeding $2,500; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" has as its principal purpose the furnishing of services in the United States through the use of service employees.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Exemptions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"This chapter does not apply to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a contract of the Federal Government or the District of Columbia for the construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of public buildings or public works;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" any work required to be done in accordance with chapter 65 of this title;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" a contract for the carriage of freight or personnel by vessel, airplane, bus, truck, express, railway line or oil or gas pipeline where published tariff rates are in effect;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" a contract for the furnishing of services by radio, telephone, telegraph, or cable companies, subject to the Communications Act of 1934 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"47 U.S.C. 151","href":"/us/usc/t47/s151","tail":" et seq.);"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" a contract for public utility services, including electric light and power, water, steam, and gas;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" an employment contract providing for direct services to a Federal agency by an individual; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s6702/b/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" a contract with the United States Postal Service, the principal purpose of which is the operation of postal contract stations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}