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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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32 sections with “GPE”

  • FAR 5.102 Availability of solicitations.
    …paragraph (a)(5) of this section, the contracting officer must make available through the GPE solicitations synopsized through the GPE, including specifications, technical data, and other pertinent information determined necessary by the co…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    … Research and development (R&D) advance notices. Contracting officers may transmit to the GPE advance notices of their interest in potential R&D programs whenever market research does not produce a sufficient number of concerns to obtain ad…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    (a) Content. Each synopsis transmitted to the GPE must address the following data elements, as applicable: (1) Action Code. (2) Date. (3) Year. (4) Contracting Office ZIP Code. (5) Product or Service Code. (6) Contracting Office Addre…
  • FAR 5.203 Publicizing and response time.
    …ceed as follows: (a) An agency must transmit a notice of proposed contract action to the GPE (see 5.201). All publicizing and response times are calculated based on the date of publication. The publication date is the date the notice appea…
  • FAR 5.705 Publicizing postaward.
    …lable in the Recovery FAQS under “Buyers/Engineers” at the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) (https://www.sam.gov): (i) If submitting notices electronically via ftp or email, enter the word “Recovery” as the first word in the title field…
  • FAR 5.201 General.
    …nd the special situations in 5.205, the contracting officer must transmit a notice to the GPE, for each proposed— (i) Contract action meeting the threshold in 5.101(a)(1); (ii) Modification to an existing contract for additional supplies …
  • FAR 5.301 General.
    …of this section and as provided in 5.003, contracting officers must synopsize through the GPE the following: (1) Contract awards exceeding $25,000 that are— (i) Covered by the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a…
  • FAR 7.107-5 Notifications.
    …is encouraged to provide notification of the rationale for any bundled requirement to the GPE, before issuance of the solicitation (see 5.201). (c) Notification to the public of consolidation of contract requirements. The SPE or CAO shall …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ly to orders under a Governmentwide acquisition contract. Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) means the single point where Government business opportunities greater than $25,000, including synopses of proposed contract actions, solicitatio…
  • FAR 5.101 Methods of disseminating information.
    …ows: (1) For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $25,000, by synopsizing in the GPE (see 5.201). (2) For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $20,000, but not expected to exceed $25,000, by displaying in a public place, o…
  • FAR 5.704 Publicizing preaward.
    …lable in the Recovery FAQs under “Buyers/Engineers” at the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) (https://www.sam.gov): (1) If submitting notices electronically via ftp or email, enter the word “Recovery” as the first word in the title field…
  • FAR 6.305 Availability of the justification.
    …e justifications shall be made publicly available— (1) At the Government Point of Entry (GPE) https://www.sam.gov; (2) On the website of the agency, which may provide access to the justifications by linking to the GPE; and (3) Must remai…
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …) Publish a notice in accordance with 5.301; and (B) Post the justification— (1) At the GPE https://www.sam.gov (2) On the Web site of the ordering activity agency, which may provide access to the justification by linking to the GPE; and…
  • FAR 14.503-2 Step two.
    …technical proposal; and (4) Not be synopsized through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) as an acquisition opportunity nor publicly posted (see 5.101(a)). (b) The names of firms that submitted acceptable proposals in step one will be…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …(B) of this section. (2) The justification shall be made publicly available— (i) At the GPE https://www.sam.gov (ii) On the Web site of the agency, which may provide access to the justifications by linking to the GPE; and (iii) Must rem…
  • FAR 19.804-2 Agency offering.
    …o other public communication (such as a notice through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE)) has been made showing the contracting agency's clear intention to set-aside the acquisition for small business, HUBZone small business, service-…
  • FAR 36.211 Distribution of advance notices and solicitations.
    …S.C. 644(w), the contracting officer shall transmit to the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) a notice (see 5.205(h), in solicitation notices posted at the GPE for construction contracts anticipated to be awarded to a small business pursua…
  • FAR 5.003 Governmentwide point of entry.
    … in the FAR to publish a notice, the contracting officer must transmit the notices to the GPE.
  • FAR 5.202 Exceptions.
    …hrough a means that provides access to the notice of proposed contract action through the GPE; and (iii) Permits the public to respond to the solicitation electronically; or (14) The proposed contract action is made under conditions descr…
  • FAR 5.204 Presolicitation notices.
    Contracting officers must provide access to presolicitation notices through the GPE (see 15.201 and 36.213-2). The contracting officer must synopsize a proposed contract action before issuing any resulting solicitation (see 5.201 and 5.203)…
  • FAR 5.206 Notices of subcontracting opportunities.
    (a) The following entities may transmit a notice to the GPE to seek competition for subcontracts, to increase participation by HUBZone small business, small, small disadvantaged, women-owned small business, veteran-owned small business and …
  • FAR 5.404-1 Release procedures.
    … class of items will not be furnished until the proposed action is synopsized through the GPE or the solicitation is issued; (4) Each release contains the name and address of the contracting officer that will process the acquisition; (5) …
  • FAR 5.404-2 Announcements of long-range acquisition estimates.
    …tent with the needs of the individual case, may be accomplished by announcing through the GPE that long-range acquisition estimates have been published and are obtainable, upon request, from the contracting officer.
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …e agency, is to be posted via the enhanced controls of the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) athttps://www.sam.gov (see 5.102(a)). (17) Environmental and energy conservation objectives. Discuss— (i) All applicable environmental and ener…
  • FAR 9.204 Responsibilities for establishment of a qualification requirement.
    …n requirements must— (1) Periodically furnish through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) a notice seeking additional sources or products for qualification unless the contracting officer determines that such publication would compromis…
  • FAR 9.205 Opportunity for qualification before award.
    …ivity must, before establishing any qualification requirement, furnish notice through the GPE. The notice must include— (1) Intent to establish a qualification requirement; (2) The specification number and name of the product; (3) The na…
  • FAR 13.104 Promoting competition.
    …d contract action and solicitation information through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE), maximum practicable competition ordinarily can be obtained by soliciting quotations or offers from sources within the local trade area. Unless t…
  • FAR 14.203-2 Dissemination of information concerning invitations for bids.
    …journals, paid advertisements, and synopsizing through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) are set forth in 5.101 and Subpart 5.2.
  • FAR 35.004 Publicizing requirements and expanding research and development sources.
    … needs and requirements, including publicizing through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) (see part 5); (2) Cooperation among technical personnel, contracting officers, and Government small business personnel early in the acquisition …
  • FAR 35.016 Broad agency announcement.
    …The availability of the BAA must be publicized through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) and, if authorized pursuant to subpart 5.5, may also be published in noted scientific, technical, or engineering periodicals. The notice must be …
  • DFARS 225.7003-3 Exceptions.
    …dential business information— (1) Publish a notice in the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) (https://www.sam.gov) of the intent to make the domestic nonavailability determination; and (2) Solicit information relevant to such notice from…
  • DFARS 225.7018-4 Nonavailability determination.
    … of national security and confidential business information— (i) Publish a notice in the GPE (https://www.sam.gov) of the intent to make the nonavailability determination; and (ii) Solicit information relevant to such notice from interest…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.