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

FAR 52.214-25 Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding.

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 starts step two of a two-step sealed bidding process, where only bidders who already submitted acceptable technical proposals in step one may have their bids considered for award. It matters because it limits who can compete in this phase and clarifies that a bidder with multiple acceptable step-one proposals may bid separately on each one.

Applies to: Bidders in step two of a two-step sealed bidding acquisition

Key terms: two-step sealed bidding · step one · step two · technical proposals · invitation for bids

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

The text

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

Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding (APR 1985)

(a) This invitation for bids is issued to initiate step two of two-step sealed bidding under subpart 14.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) The only bids that the Contracting Officer may consider for award of a contract are those received from bidders that have submitted acceptable technical proposals in step one of this acquisition under __ [the Contracting Officer shall insert the identification of the step-one request for technical proposals].

(c) Any bidder that has submitted multiple technical proposals in step one of this acquisition may submit a separate bid on each technical proposal that was determined to be acceptable to the Government.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.214-24 Multiple Technical Proposals. · 52.214-26 Audit and Records—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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