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FAR 9.505-3 Providing evaluation services.

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 prohibits awarding contracts for evaluating offers to a contractor that would be evaluating its own offers or those of a competitor, unless proper safeguards ensure objectivity. It matters because it prevents conflicts of interest in the evaluation process, protecting the integrity of government procurement.

Applies to: Contracts for the evaluation of offers for products or services

What it requires

  • Do not award a contract for evaluating offers to a contractor that will evaluate its own offers or a competitor's offers without proper safeguards to ensure objectivity.

Key terms: evaluation of offers · proper safeguards · objectivity · contractor

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

The text

Contracts for the evaluation of offers for products or services shall not be awarded to a contractor that will evaluate its own offers for products or services, or those of a competitor, without proper safeguards to ensure objectivity to protect the Government's interests.

← 9.505-2 Preparing specifications or work statements. · 9.505-4 Obtaining access to proprietary information. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 9

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

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