DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ACQUISITION REGULATION
(DIAR)

last updated October 18, 2002

The purpose of the Department of the Interior Acquisition Regulation (DIAR) is to:

  1. Implement and supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation
  2. Implement Departmental policies
  3. Replace the DIAR dated 1986

NOTE: Below are some of the recently revised DIAR chapters. Other revised DIAR chapters will be posted at this website over the next few weeks. Please be aware that not all of the particular information and/or changes related to the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act have been incorporated in the revised DIAR. This is an ongoing process; changes will be made on a regular basis to keep the DIAR as current as possible.



1401 -- Department of the Interior
Acquisition Regulation System		 1402 --Definitions of Words and Terms 1403 -- Improper Business Practices
and Personal Conflicts of Interest
1404 -- Administrative Matters 1405 -- Publicizing Contract Actions 1406 -- Competition Requirements
1407 -- Acquisition Planning 1408 -- Required Sources of Supplies
and Services		 1409 -- Contractor Qualifications
1410 -- Specifications, Standards,
and Other Purchase Descriptions		 1413 -- Simplified Acquisition
Procedures		 1414 -- Sealed Bidding
1415 -- Contracting by Negotiation 1416 -- Types of Contracts 1417 -- Special Contracting
Methods
1419 -- Small Business and Small
Disadvantaged Business Concerns		 1422 -- Application of Labor Laws
to Government Acquisitions		 1423 -- Environment, Conservation,
Occupational Safety, and
Drug-Free Workplace
1424 -- Protection of Privacy and
Freedom of Information		 1425 -- Foreign Acquisition 1426 -- Other Socio-Economic
Programs
1427 -- Patents, Data, and
Copyrights		 1428 -- Bonds and Insurance 1429 -- Taxes
1430 -- Cost Accounting
Standards Administration		 1431 -- Contract Cost Principles
and Procedures		 1432 -- Contract Financing
1433 -- Protests, Disputes,
and Appeals		 1435 -- Research and
Development Contracting		 1436 -- Construction and
Architect-Engineer Contracts
1437 -- Service Contracting 1442 -- Contract Administration 1443 -- Contract Modifications
1445 -- Government Property 1446 -- Quality Assurance 1448 -- Value Engineering
1449 --Termination of Contracts 1450 -- Extraordinary Contractual
Actions		 1451 -- Use of Government
Sources by Contractors
1452 -- Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses

You may direct your questions about the DIAR to Dee Emmerich.

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