(a) Optional Forms 347 and 348 shall be used as prescribed in FAR 13.505 unless an equivalent form has been authorized for use by the Board Procurement Executive (or Designee). Exceptions may be granted, on a case-by-case basis, in order to accommodate computer-generated purchase order forms. Exception approval for over printing (FAR 53.104) is not needed.

(b) The Broadcasting Board of Governors Form IA-44 (see 1953.370-44) is authorized for use when obtaining nonpersonal services on an intermittent basis for such services as script writers, translators, narrators, etc.