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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.77

DFARS 225.7703-3 Evaluating offers.

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 tells contracting officers how to evaluate offers when a solicitation includes the Afghanistan preference provision at 252.225-7023. It sets out a step-by-step order for deciding whether to award to an offer of a product or service from Afghanistan or to the low offer. It matters to contractors because it explains how the Afghanistan preference is weighed against price in the award decision.

Applies to: Contracting officers evaluating offers under solicitations that include DFARS provision 252.225-7023

Key terms: evaluation factor · low offer · product or service from Afghanistan · evaluated price · 252.225-7023

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

The text

Evaluate offers submitted in response to solicitations that include the provision at 252.225-7023, Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan, as follows:

(a) If the low offer is an offer of a product or service from Afghanistan, award on that offer.

(b) If there are no offers of a product or service from Afghanistan, award on the low offer.

(c) Otherwise, apply the evaluation factor specified in the solicitation to the low offer.

(1) If the price of the low offer of a product or service from Afghanistan is less than the evaluated price of the low offer, award on the low offer of a product or service from Afghanistan.

(2) If the evaluated price of the low offer remains less than the low offer of a product or service from Afghanistan, award on the low offer.

Sections it refers to

  • 252.225-7023 Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan.

Sections that refer to it

← 225.7703-2 Determination requirements. · 225.7703-4 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

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

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