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

FAR 15.606-1 Receipt and initial review.

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 agency contact point to review an unsolicited proposal before a full evaluation to determine if it meets seven specific criteria. If the proposal passes, the contact point must promptly acknowledge receipt and process it. If it fails, the contact point must promptly inform the offeror in writing of the reasons and the proposed disposition.

Applies to: Agency contact points and offerors submitting unsolicited proposals

What it requires

  • Determine if the proposal meets the requirements of 15.603(c)
  • Determine if the proposal is suitable for submission in response to an existing agency requirement
  • Determine if the proposal is related to the agency mission
  • Determine if the proposal contains sufficient technical and cost/price information for evaluation

Key terms: unsolicited proposal · comprehensive evaluation · agency contact point · offeror · proposed disposition

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

The text

(a) Before initiating a comprehensive evaluation, the agency contact point shall determine if the proposal—

(1) Is a valid unsolicited proposal, meeting the requirements of 15.603(c);

(2) Is suitable for submission in response to an existing agency requirement (see 15.602);

(3) Is related to the agency mission;

(4) Contains sufficient technical information and cost-related or price-related information for evaluation;

(5) Has overall scientific, technical, or socioeconomic merit;

(6) Has been approved by a responsible official or other representative authorized to obligate the offeror contractually; and

(7) Complies with the marking requirements of 15.609.

(b) If the proposal meets these requirements, the contact point shall promptly acknowledge receipt and process the proposal.

(c) If a proposal is rejected because the proposal does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection, the agency contact point shall promptly inform the offeror of the reasons for rejection in writing and of the proposed disposition of the unsolicited proposal.

Sections it refers to

← 15.606 Agency procedures. · 15.606-2 Evaluation. →

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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