1. The Federal Agency may utilize direct order procurement by contracting directly with a supplier from a group of registered and accepted suppliers available in the market, and the necessary justifications shall be provided.
2. Federal Agencies may resort to exclusive source to directly contract with the sole supplier registered in the procurement system for specific purchases, due to the absence of other suppliers in the market for such items or for reasons related to exclusive rights, including patents and copyrights, or in case of non-competition due to technical reasons, or the lack of any acceptable alternative, with the necessary justifications provided.
3. Upon employing direct order procurement or exclusive source methods, Federal Agencies shall adhere to the following:

a. The Federal Agency shall complete the justification form for procurement via direct order or exclusive source, prepared by the Requesting Federal Agency.
b. The Federal Agency shall obtain approvals for purchase requests via direct order or exclusive source through the procurement system in accordance with the Powers Delegation Matrix.

4. Procurement through direct order or exclusive source may not permitted in the following cases:

a. Absence of acceptable justification.
b. Insufficient planning for procurement and the availability of adequate time to tender the procurement opportunity by the Requesting Federal Agency.
c. Recurrent procurement where other suppliers exist in the market.