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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 1: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 1.1

FAR 1.102-3 Evaluating agency acquisition processes.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section encourages agencies to gather voluntary feedback on their acquisition processes to find strengths and weaknesses and improve effectiveness and efficiency. It also encourages contracting officers to include a voluntary survey provision in solicitations, but prohibits them from reviewing the feedback until after contract award and from using it in the award decision.

Applies to: Agencies and contracting officers involved in acquisitions

What it requires

  • Contracting officers shall not review information until after contract award.
  • Contracting officers shall not consider the information in the award decision.

Key terms: voluntary feedback · acquisition process · provision 52.201-1 · Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey · contract award

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Agencies are encouraged to develop internal procedures seeking voluntary feedback from interested parties in an acquisition to assess process strengths and weaknesses and improve effectiveness and efficiency of the acquisition process. Agencies may—

(1) Utilize a variety of feedback mechanisms available to the public (e.g., surveys, in-person, and/or group exchanges);

(2) Utilize the core preaward and debriefing survey questions at https://www.acquisition.gov/360; and

(3) Seek additional feedback on targeted aspects of an acquisition throughout its lifecycle (e.g., performance standards at 1.102-2 or postaward contract administration responsibilities at 42.302).

(b) Contracting officers are encouraged to insert the provision 52.201-1, Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey, in accordance with agency procedures.

(c) Contracting officers shall not review information until after contract award and shall not consider it in the award decision.

Sections it refers to

  • 1.102-2 Performance standards.
  • 42.302 Contract administration functions.
  • 52.201-1 Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey.

Sections that refer to it

  • 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 52.201-1 Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey.

← 1.102-2 Performance standards. · 1.102-4 Acquisition team. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 1

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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