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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 14: Sealed Bidding › Subpart 14.2

FAR 14.203-1 Transmittal to prospective bidders.

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 invitations for bids and presolicitation notices must be provided following the rules in 5.102. It also requires that when a contracting office is in the United States, solicitations sent to prospective bidders outside the United States go by electronic data interchange or air mail, if security classification permits.

Applies to: Contracting offices and prospective bidders, including those located outside the United States

What it requires

  • Provide invitations for bids or presolicitation notices in accordance with 5.102
  • Send solicitations to prospective bidders outside the United States by electronic data interchange or air mail if security classification permits

Key terms: Invitations for bids · Presolicitation notices · Prospective bidder · Electronic data interchange · Air mail

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

The text

Invitations for bids or presolicitation notices must be provided in accordance with 5.102. When a contracting office is located in the United States, any solicitation sent to a prospective bidder located outside the United States shall be sent by electronic data interchange or air mail if security classification permits.

Sections it refers to

  • 5.102 Availability of solicitations.

← 14.203 Methods of soliciting bids. · 14.203-2 Dissemination of information concerning invitations for bids. →

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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