(a) No contract may be awarded without competition to a former regular or special EPA employee (or to a business concern or other organization owned or substantially owned or controlled by a former employee) whose employment terminated within 365 calendar days before submission of a proposal to EPA.
(b) No contract shall be awarded without competition to a firm which employs, or proposes to employ, a current regular or special EPA employee or a former EPA regular or special employee whose employment terminated within 365 calendar days before submission of a proposal to EPA, if either of the following conditions exits:
(1) The current or former EPA regular or special employee is or was involved in development or negotiating the proposal for the prospective contractor.
(2) The current or former EPA regular or special employee will be involved directly or indirectly in the management, administration, or performance of the contract.
