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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 15: Contracting by Negotiation › Subpart 15.2

FAR 15.207 Handling proposals and information.

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 explains how contracting officers must handle proposals and information received in response to a request for information (RFI). It requires marking receipt date and time, safeguarding proposals from unauthorized disclosure, and allowing offerors to resubmit unreadable electronic or facsimile portions. It matters because it sets rules for protecting proposal information and for fixing unreadable submissions without losing timeliness.

Applies to: Contracting officers and offerors in negotiated acquisitions

What it requires

  • Mark proposals and RFI responses with date and time of receipt and transmit to designated officials.
  • Safeguard proposals from unauthorized disclosure throughout source selection.
  • Safeguard RFI information adequately from unauthorized disclosure.
  • Notify offeror immediately if any electronic or facsimile proposal portion is unreadable and permit resubmission.

Key terms: proposal · request for information (RFI) · source selection · unauthorized disclosure · offeror

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

The text

(a) Upon receipt at the location specified in the solicitation, proposals and information received in response to a request for information (RFI) shall be marked with the date and time of receipt and shall be transmitted to the designated officials.

(b) Proposals shall be safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure throughout the source selection process. (See 3.104 regarding the disclosure of source selection information (41 U.S.C. chapter 21, Restrictions on Obtaining and Disclosing Certain Information)). Information received in response to an RFI shall be safeguarded adequately from unauthorized disclosure.

(c) If any portion of a proposal received by the contracting officer electronically or by facsimile is unreadable, the contracting officer immediately shall notify the offeror and permit the offeror to resubmit the unreadable portion of the proposal. The method and time for resubmission shall be prescribed by the contracting officer after consultation with the offeror, and documented in the file. The resubmission shall be considered as if it were received at the date and time of the original unreadable submission for the purpose of determining timeliness under 15.208(a), provided the offeror complies with the time and format requirements for resubmission prescribed by the contracting officer.

Sections it refers to

  • 3.104 Procurement integrity.
  • 15.208 Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals.

Sections that refer to it

  • 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
  • 15.206 Amending the solicitation.

← 15.206 Amending the solicitation. · 15.208 Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 15

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

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