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

FAR 14.205 Presolicitation notices.

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 allows a contracting officer to send a presolicitation notice instead of a full bid set at first. The notice tells interested concerns how to request the complete bid set and gives enough information to decide whether to ask for it. This matters because it lets contractors signal interest early so the government can estimate how many bid sets to prepare.

Applies to: Contracting officers and concerns interested in an invitation for bids

What it requires

  • Specify the final date for receipt of requests for a complete bid set
  • Briefly describe the requirement and furnish other essential information
  • Normally not include drawings, plans, and specifications
  • Send bid sets to concerns that request them in response to the notice

Key terms: presolicitation notices · complete bid set · invitation for bids · concerns · return date

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

The text

In lieu of initially forwarding complete bid sets, the contracting officer may send presolicitation notices to concerns. The notice shall—

(a) Specify the final date for receipt of requests for a complete bid set;

(b) Briefly describe the requirement and furnish other essential information to enable concerns to determine whether they have an interest in the invitation; and

(c) Normally not include drawings, plans, and specifications. The return date of the notice must be sufficiently in advance of the mailing date of the invitation for bids to permit an accurate estimate of the number of bid sets required. Bid sets shall be sent to concerns that request them in response to the notice.

Sections that refer to it

  • 14.211 Release of acquisition information.

← 14.204 Records of invitations for bids and records of bids. · 14.206 [Reserved] →

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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