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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 14: Sealed Bidding › Subpart 14.4

FAR 14.408-7 Documentation of award.

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 requires the contracting officer to document, in the contract file, how the award complied with the rules on responsible bidders and responsive bids. It matters to contractors because it creates a written record of why the winning bid was chosen, including any lower bids that were rejected or how a tie was broken.

Applies to: Contracting officers documenting an award under sealed bidding

What it requires

  • Document compliance with 14.103-2 in the contract file
  • State that the accepted bid was the lowest bid received, or list all lower bids with reasons for their rejection in sufficient detail to justify the award
  • When an award is made after receipt of equal low bids, describe how the tie was broken

Key terms: contracting officer · contract file · lowest bid · equal low bids · tie

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer shall document compliance with 14.103-2 in the contract file.

(b) The documentation shall either state that the accepted bid was the lowest bid received, or list all lower bids with reasons for their rejection in sufficient detail to justify the award.

(c) When an award is made after receipt of equal low bids, the documentation shall describe how the tie was broken.

Sections it refers to

← 14.408-6 Equal low bids. · 14.408-8 Protests against award. →

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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