FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 36: Construction and Architect-engineer Contracts › Subpart 36.6
FAR 36.607 Release of information on firm selection.
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 when a contracting officer may release information about which architect-engineer firm was selected after final selection. It also states that debriefings for successful and unsuccessful firms will be held after final selection, generally following certain debriefing rules. This matters because it limits what selection information can be shared and when, and it confirms that debriefings will occur.
Applies to: Architect-engineer contracts and the contracting officer
What it requires
- Hold debriefings for successful and unsuccessful firms after final selection has taken place
- Conduct debriefings, to the extent practicable, in accordance with 15.503, 15.506(b) through (f), and 15.507(c)
Key terms: final selection · architect-engineer firm · debriefings · contracting officer · award
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) After final selection has taken place, the contracting officer may release information identifying only the architect-engineer firm with which a contract will be negotiated for certain work. The work should be described in any release only in general terms, unless information relating to the work is classified. If negotiations are terminated without awarding a contract to the highest rated firm, the contracting officer may release that information and state that negotiations will be undertaken with another (named) architect-engineer firm. When an award has been made, the contracting officer may release award information, (see 5.401).
(b) Debriefings of successful and unsuccessful firms will be held after final selection has taken place and will be conducted, to the extent practicable, in accordance with 15.503, 15.506(b) through (f), and 15.507(c). Note that 15.506(d)(2) through (d)(5) do not apply to architect-engineer contracts.
← 36.606 Negotiations. · 36.608 Liability for Government costs resulting from design errors or deficiencies. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 36
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on the Use of Reverse Auctions for Complex, Specialized, or Substantial Design and Construction Services ↗ · proposed 2024-08-29 · comments due 2024-10-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Sustainable Procurement ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.