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FAR 15.507 Protests against 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 explains how protests against contract awards in negotiated acquisitions are handled, directing them to Part 33 procedures and encouraging alternative dispute resolution. If a protest leads to a new solicitation or revised proposals within one year of award, the contracting officer must share certain debriefing and nonproprietary information with offerors.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling protests against awards in negotiated acquisitions

What it requires

  • Handle protests against award in accordance with part 33
  • If a protest causes a new solicitation within 1 year of award, provide the information in paragraph (c) to all prospective offerors
  • If a protest causes a new request for revised proposals within 1 year of award, provide the information in paragraph (c) to offerors in the competitive range requested to submit revised proposals
  • Provide information from debriefings on the original award regarding the successful offeror's proposal and other nonproprietary information that would have been provided to original offerors

Key terms: protests against award · negotiated acquisitions · alternative dispute resolution · competitive range · debriefings

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

The text

(a) Protests against award in negotiated acquisitions shall be handled in accordance with part 33. Use of agency protest procedures that incorporate the alternative dispute resolution provisions of Executive Order 12979 is encouraged for both preaward and postaward protests.

(b) If a protest causes the agency, within 1 year of contract award, to—

(1) Issue a new solicitation on the protested contract award, the contracting officer shall provide the information in paragraph (c) of this section to all prospective offerors for the new solicitation; or

(2) Issue a new request for revised proposals on the protested contract award, the contracting officer shall provide the information in paragraph (c) of this section to offerors that were in the competitive range and are requested to submit revised proposals.

(c) The following information will be provided to appropriate parties:

(1) Information provided to unsuccessful offerors in any debriefings conducted on the original award regarding the successful offeror's proposal; and

(2) Other nonproprietary information that would have been provided to the original offerors.

Sections that refer to it

  • 15.502 Applicability.
  • 36.607 Release of information on firm selection.

← 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors. · 15.508 Discovery of mistakes. →

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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