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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.214-24 Multiple Technical Proposals.

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 provision applies to the first step of a two-step acquisition and encourages solicited sources to submit multiple technical proposals that present different basic approaches. Each technical proposal is evaluated separately, and the submitter is notified whether each one is acceptable.

Applies to: Solicited sources in the first step of a two-step acquisition

Key terms: two-step acquisition · multiple technical proposals · basic approaches · separately evaluated · acceptability

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The text

As prescribed in 14.201-6(s), insert the following provision:

Multiple Technical Proposals (APR 1984)

In the first step of this two-step acquisition, solicited sources are encouraged to submit multiple technical proposals presenting different basic approaches. Each technical proposal submitted will be separately evaluated and the submitter will be notified as to its acceptability.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.214-23 Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding. · 52.214-25 Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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