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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 215: Contracting by Negotiation › Subpart 215.3

DFARS 215.371-1 Policy.

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 DFARS section states DoD policy for when a competitive solicitation receives only one offer. In that case, the contracting officer must take actions to promote competition and ensure the price is fair and reasonable, including complying with the statutory requirement for certified cost or pricing data.

Applies to: DoD contracting officers and competitive solicitations

What it requires

  • Take required actions to promote competition
  • Ensure the price is fair and reasonable
  • Comply with the statutory requirement for certified cost or pricing data

Key terms: competitive solicitation · certified cost or pricing data · fair and reasonable · promote competition

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

The text

It is DoD policy, if only one offer is received in response to a competitive solicitation—

(a) To take the required actions to promote competition (see 215.371-2); and

(b) To ensure that the price is fair and reasonable (see 215.371-3) and to comply with the statutory requirement for certified cost or pricing data (see FAR 15.403-4).

Sections it refers to

  • 215.371-2 Promote competition.
  • 215.371-3 Fair and reasonable price and the requirement for additional cost or pricing data.
  • 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).

← 215.371 Only one offer. · 215.371-2 Promote competition. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 215

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

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