Table of Contents: 3 Supplier Relations 3   Supplier Relations 3.1   Policy 3.2   Supplier Diversity 3.2.1   Policy 3.2.1.d   Definitions 3.2.2   Sourcing 3.2.2.b   Responsibilities 3.2.3   Subcontracting with Small, Minority, and Woman-owned Businesses 3.2.4   Classification Codes 3.3   Mandatory Sources 3.3.1   Policy 3.3.2   Existing assets 3.3.3   Workshops for People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 3.3.3.c   Ordering 3.3.4   People Who Are Blind or State Licensing Agencies for the Blind 3.3.5   Defense Fuel Supply Center 3.4   Government Sources 3.4.1   General 3.4.2   Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) 3.4.2.a   Policy 3.4.3   General Services Administration 3.4.4   Defense Logistics Agency 3.4.5   Veterans Administration 3.4.6   Government Printing Office 3.5   Commercial Suppliers 3.5.1   Policy 3.5.2   Prequalification 3.5.2.b   General 3.5.2.d   Determining the Prequalification Method 3.5.2.e   Determining the Prequalified Suppliers 3.5.2.f   Maintaining Prequalified Lists 3.5.3   Publicizing Purchasing Opportunities 3.5.3.a   Policy 3.5.3.b   Methods 3.5.4   Unsolicited Proposals 3.5.4.c   Receipt and Review 3.5.5   Noncompetitive Purchases 3.5.5.d   Justifications, Reviews, and Approvals 3.5.5.e   Contract Award 3.6   Protests 3.6.1   Applicability 3.6.2   Definitions 3.6.3   Submission 3.6.4   Timeliness 3.6.5   Contract Award 3.6.6   Protests Received by Contracting Officers 3.6.7   Protests Received by the General Counsel 3.7   Debarment, Suspension and Ineligibility3.7.1 3.7.1.b   Definitions 3.7.1.c   Establishment and Maintenance of Lists 3.7.1.d   Treatment of Suppliers on Postal Service List 3.7.1.f   Conditions for Debarment 3.7.1.g   Period of Debarment 3.7.1.h   Procedural Requirements for Debarment 3.7.1.j   Conditions for Suspension 3.7.1.l   Procedural Requirements for Suspension