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[CITE: 40USC542]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
       CHAPTER 10--MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
 
          SUBCHAPTER VI--SELECTION OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
 
Sec. 542. Congressional declaration of policy

    The Congress hereby declares it to be the policy of the Federal 
Government to publicly announce all requirements for architectural and 
engineering services, and to negotiate contracts for architectural and 
engineering services on the basis of demonstrated competence and 
qualification for the type of professional services required and at fair 
and reasonable prices.

(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IX, Sec. 902, as added Pub. L. 92-582, 
Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1279.)
