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FAR 15.307 Proposal revisions.

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 what happens to proposals during negotiations in a competitive acquisition. If an offeror is removed from the competitive range, no further revisions to its proposal will be accepted. Offerors still in the competitive range must be given a chance to submit a final written proposal revision by a common cut-off date, and the Government intends to award without further revisions.

Applies to: Contracting officers and offerors in negotiated acquisitions under FAR Part 15

What it requires

  • Offerors still in the competitive range must be given an opportunity to submit a final proposal revision.
  • The contracting officer must establish a common cut-off date for receipt of final proposal revisions.
  • Requests for final proposal revisions must advise offerors that revisions must be in writing.
  • Requests for final proposal revisions must advise offerors that the Government intends to make award without obtaining further revisions.

Key terms: competitive range · proposal revisions · negotiations · final proposal revision · common cut-off date

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

The text

(a) If an offerors proposal is eliminated or otherwise removed from the competitive range, no further revisions to that offeror's proposal shall be accepted or considered.

(b) The contracting officer may request or allow proposal revisions to clarify and document understandings reached during negotiations. At the conclusion of discussions, each offeror still in the competitive range shall be given an opportunity to submit a final proposal revision. The contracting officer is required to establish a common cut-off date only for receipt of final proposal revisions. Requests for final proposal revisions shall advise offerors that the final proposal revisions shall be in writing and that the Government intends to make award without obtaining further revisions.

Sections that refer to it

  • 15.102 Oral presentations.
  • 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.

← 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals. · 15.308 Source selection decision. →

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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