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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 14: Sealed Bidding › Subpart 14.1

FAR 14.103-2 Limitations.

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 says that under sealed bidding, an award can only be made if bids were solicited and submitted according to the rules in subparts 14.2 and 14.3, the requirements of 1.602-1(b) and part 6 are met, and the award goes to a responsible bidder whose bid is responsive and most advantageous to the Government based only on price and price-related factors in the invitation. It matters because it sets the conditions a contractor's bid must satisfy for an award to result from sealed bidding.

Applies to: Agencies making awards through sealed bidding

What it requires

  • Solicit bids as required by subpart 14.2
  • Submit bids as required by subpart 14.3
  • Meet the requirements of 1.602-1(b) and part 6
  • Make award to the responsible bidder whose bid is responsive and most advantageous to the Government considering only price and price-related factors in the invitation

Key terms: sealed bidding · responsible bidder · responsive · invitation for bids · price-related factors

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

The text

No awards shall be made as a result of sealed bidding unless—

(a) Bids have been solicited as required by subpart 14.2;

(b) Bids have been submitted as required by subpart 14.3;

(c) The requirements of 1.602-1(b) and part 6 have been met; and

(d) An award is made to the responsible bidder (see 9.1) whose bid is responsive to the terms of the invitation for bids and is most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and the price-related factors included in the invitation, as provided in subpart 14.4.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 14.103-1 General. · 14.104 Types of contracts. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 14

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

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