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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 15: Contracting by Negotiation › Subpart 15.6

FAR 15.606 Agency procedures.

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 agencies to set up procedures for handling unsolicited proposals, including controls on how proposal material is received, evaluated, and disposed of, with special attention to data the offeror marks as restricted. It also requires agencies to designate points of contact to coordinate these proposals. For contractors, this means there is an established process and a specific contact for submitting unsolicited proposals.

Applies to: Agencies receiving unsolicited proposals

What it requires

  • Establish procedures for controlling receipt, evaluation, and timely disposition of unsolicited proposals
  • Include controls on reproduction and disposition of proposal material, especially data marked with restrictions
  • Establish agency points of contact to coordinate receipt and handling of unsolicited proposals

Key terms: unsolicited proposals · agency points of contact · duplication, use, or disclosure restrictions

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

The text

(a) Agencies shall establish procedures for controlling the receipt, evaluation, and timely disposition of unsolicited proposals consistent with the requirements of this subpart. The procedures shall include controls on the reproduction and disposition of proposal material, particularly data identified by the offeror as subject to duplication, use, or disclosure restrictions.

(b) Agencies shall establish agency points of contact (see 15.604) to coordinate the receipt and handling of unsolicited proposals.

Sections it refers to

  • 15.604 Agency points of contact.

← 15.605 Content of unsolicited proposals. · 15.606-1 Receipt and initial review. →

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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