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26 sections with “Source selection decision document”

  • FAR 15.308 Source selection decision.
    The source selection authority's (SSA) decision shall be based on a comparative assessment of proposals against all source selection criteria in the solicitation. While the SSA may use reports and analyses prepared by others, the source sel…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …Explaining the absence of competition (see 13.106-1 for brand name purchases) if only one source is solicited and the acquisition does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (does not apply to an acquisition of utility services ava…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …a specific operation or series of operations. Computer software means computer programs, source code, source code listings, object code listings, design details, algorithms, processes, flow charts, formulae, and related material that would…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …es the description of requirements to satisfy agency needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of contracts, contract financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly …
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …s, originally provided for guidance only, shall become mandatory. (b) Plan of action—(1) Sources. (i) Indicate the prospective sources of supplies or services that can meet the need. (ii) Consider required sources of supplies or services …
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …that— (A) The orders expected under the BPA are so integrally related that only a single source can reasonably perform the work; (B) The BPA provides only for firm-fixed priced orders for— (1) Products with unit prices established in the…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …ction shall not apply to solicitations for multiple-award contracts that provide for sole source orders pursuant to section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)). (v) Except for DoD, contracting officers shall ensure the criter…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …ors must— (1) Represent the key areas of importance and emphasis to be considered in the source selection decision; and (2) Support meaningful comparison and discrimination between and among competing proposals. (c) The evaluation factor…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …s under a single solicitation for the same or similar supplies or services to two or more sources. (ii)(A) The contracting officer must determine whether multiple awards are appropriate as part of acquisition planning. The contracting offi…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …criteria at 15.101-2(c)(1)-(5) are met when using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process; and (G) Except for DoD, avoid using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process to acquire certain sup…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …duals working at these sites or facilities. (2) Establish and maintain a current list of sources for minority and female recruitment. Provide written notification to minority and female recruitment sources and community organizations when …
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …or upgrades. (vi) Use of build-to-print approaches to enable production through multiple sources. (vii) Acquisition of complete technical data packages. (viii) Periodic competitions for subsystem upgrades. (ix) Licensing of additional s…
  • DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.
    …nd prohibitions apply when considering the use of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection procedures. (a) Limitations. (1) In accordance with section 813 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub…
  • DFARS 252.215-7016 Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings.
    …s implementing such section, for at least the 1-year period preceding the solicitation of sources by DoD for the procurement (10 U.S.C. 3014). (b) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    … justification and adequate cost or price analysis, as applicable, for any sole or single source award; (10) Perform timely and adequate cost or price analysis and technical evaluation for each subcontractor and supplier proposal or quote …
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …ntract or modification of subcontract means a decision to designate award to a particular source. Federal agency procurement means the acquisition (by using competitive procedures and awarding a contract) of goods or services (including co…
  • FAR 15.102 Oral presentations.
    …entations as a substitute for portions of a proposal can be effective in streamlining the source selection process. Oral presentations may occur at any time in the acquisition process, and are subject to the same restrictions as written inf…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …valuations may be used to support future award decisions, and should therefore be marked “Source Selection Information”. Evaluation of Federal Prison Industries (FPI) performance may be used to support a waiver request (see 8.604) when FPI …
  • DFARS 215.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …siness or nontraditional defense contractor to request disclosure of the agency's written source selection decision document, redacted to protect the confidential and proprietary information of other offerors for the contract award. (ii) F…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …oposed acquisition as required by part 5 or a reference to the synopsis. (5) The list of sources solicited, and a list of any firms or persons whose requests for copies of the solicitation were denied, together with the reasons for denial.…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …nditions deemed appropriate by the agency); (ii) Participating as a voting member on any source selection boards; (iii) Approving any contractual documents, to include documents defining requirements, incentive plans, and evaluation crite…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …a specific operation or series of operations. Computer software means computer programs, source code, source code listings, object code listings, design details, algorithms, processes, flow charts, formulae and related material that would …
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …a specific operation or series of operations. Computer software means computer programs, source code, source code listings, object code listings, design details, algorithms, processes, flow charts, formulae, and related material that would…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …ent of the competitive range. Negotiations are exchanges, in either a competitive or sole source environment, between the Government and offerors, that are undertaken with the intent of allowing the offeror to revise its proposal. These neg…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …n the proposal(s) in order to determine the need for and reasonableness of the proposed resources, assuming reasonable economy and efficiency. (2) At a minimum, the technical analysis should examine the types and quantities of material pro…
  • FAR 11.002 Policy.
    … (ii) Describing Government requirements for products and services; and (iii) Developing source-selection factors. (3) The Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) available at https://sftool.gov/greenprocurement provides a comprehensive list …

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.