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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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28 sections with “cancel the solicitation”

  • FAR 14.209 Cancellation of invitations before opening.
    (a) The cancellation of an invitation for bids usually involves a loss of time, effort, and money spent by the Government and bidders. Invitations should not be cancelled unless cancellation is clearly in the public interest; e.g., (1) wher…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    …ted the lowest responsive bid, unless there is a compelling reason to reject all bids and cancel the invitation. (2) Every effort shall be made to anticipate changes in a requirement before the date of opening and to notify all prospective…
  • FAR 15.206 Amending the solicitation.
    …fers had the substance of the amendment been known to them, the contracting officer shall cancel the original solicitation and issue a new one, regardless of the stage of the acquisition. (f) Oral notices may be used when time is of the es…
  • FAR 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.
    …t, the performance of which is deficient with respect to cost, quality, or schedule. (c) Cancellation or termination for insufficient funding. In the event funds are not made available for the continuation of a multiyear contract awarded u…
  • FAR 52.203-8 Cancellation, Rescission, and Recovery of Funds for Illegal or Improper Activity.
    As prescribed in 3.104-9(a), insert the following clause: Cancellation, Rescission, and Recovery of Funds for Illegal or Improper Activity (MAY 2014) (a) If the Government receives information that a contractor or a person has violated 41…
  • FAR 17.106-2 Solicitations.
    …d cost and fee shall consider only the first year. (d) A provision specifying a separate cancellation ceiling (on a percentage or dollar basis) and dates applicable to each program year subject to a cancellation (see 17.106-1 (c) and (d)).…
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    … and profit objectives commensurate with contractor risk and financing arrangements. (c) Cancellation procedures. (1) All program years except the first are subject to cancellation. For each program year subject to cancellation, the contra…
  • FAR 49.505 Other termination clauses.
    … (c) Communication service contracts. This regulation does not prescribe a clause for the cancellation or termination of orders under communication service contracts with common carriers because of special agency requirements that apply to …
  • FAR 1.705 Supersession and modification.
    …original D&F prior to the date of its supersession. (b) The contracting officer need not cancel the solicitation if the D&F, as modified, supports the contract action.
  • FAR 22.404-5 Expiration of project wage determinations.
    …ny wage rates for classifications to be used in the contract, the contracting officer may cancel the solicitation only in accordance with 14.404-1. Otherwise the contracting officer shall award the contract and incorporate the new determina…
  • FAR 33.101 Definitions.
    …an agency for offers for a contract for the procurement of property or services. (2) The cancellation of the solicitation or other request. (3) An award or proposed award of the contract. (4) A termination or cancellation of an award of …
  • FAR 52.207-4 Economic Purchase Quantity—Supplies.
    …uture acquisitions of these items. However, the Government reserves the right to amend or cancel the solicitation and resolicit with respect to any individual item in the event quotations received and the Government's requirements indicate …
  • DFARS 252.215-7007 Notice of Intent to Resolicit.
    … only one offer is received in response to this solicitation, the Contracting Officer may cancel the solicitation and resolicit for an additional period of at least 30 days in accordance with 215.371-2. (End of provision)
  • FAR 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
    …tion, not otherwise protected, relating to a Federal agency procurement after it has been canceled by the Federal agency, before contract award, unless the Federal agency plans to resume the procurement; (3) Individual meetings between a F…
  • FAR 5.207 Preparation and transmittal of synopses.
    …s://www.sam.gov to identify services or supplies in synopses. (f) Notice of solicitation cancellation. Contracting officers may publish notices of solicitation cancellations (or indefinite suspensions) of proposed contract actions in the G…
  • FAR 3.104-9 Contract clauses.
    …ose for commercial products or commercial services, insert the clauses at— (a) 52.203-8, Cancellation, Rescission, and Recovery of Funds for Illegal or Improper Activity; and (b) 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper …
  • FAR 4.801 General.
    …ion or congressional inquiries. (c) The files to be established include— (1) A file for cancelled solicitations; (2) A file for each contract; and (3) A file such as a contractor general file, containing documents relating, for example,…
  • FAR 7.204 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    …irements development activity concurs, the solicitation for the item should be amended or canceled and a new requisition should be obtained.
  • FAR 14.401 Receipt and safeguarding of bids.
    …safe, or in a secured, restricted-access electronic bid box. If an invitation for bids is cancelled, bids shall be returned to the bidders. Necessary precautions shall be taken to ensure the security of the bid box or safe. Before bid openi…
  • FAR 17.109 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.217-2, Cancellation Under Multiyear Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a multiyear contract is contemplated. (b) Economic price adjustment clauses. Economic price adjust…
  • FAR 17.804 Procedures.
    …n. (d) If only one offeror participates in an auction, the contracting officer may— (1) Cancel the auction and document the contract file with evidence of the participation of only one offeror; or (2) Accept the offer, only if the price …
  • FAR 36.701 Standard and optional forms for use in contracting for construction or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.
    …hreshold. In all sealed bid solicitations, or when the Government otherwise requires a noncancellable offer acceptance period, the contracting officer shall insert in the blank provided in Block 13D the number of calendar days that the offe…
  • FAR 39.103 Modular contracting.
    …solicitation is issued. If award cannot be made within 180 days, agencies should consider cancellation of the solicitation in accordance with 48 CFR 14.209 or 15.206(e). To the maximum extent practicable, deliveries under the contract shoul…
  • FAR 52.217-10 Reverse Auction.
    …fer. If the reverse auction produces only one offer, the Government reserves the right to cancel the auction. (e) Release of information. The Government may use a reverse auction service provider to conduct the reverse auction. Any price o…
  • FAR 52.217-11 Reverse Auction—Orders.
    … (4) If the reverse auction produces only one offer, the Government reserves the right to cancel the auction. (d) Release of information. The Government may use a reverse auction service provider to conduct the reverse auction. Any price o…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    … clause or any rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary of Labor, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part and the Contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts, under the proce…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …f this clause and of the Equal Opportunity clause, including suspension, termination, and cancellation of existing subcontracts, as may be imposed or ordered under Executive Order 11246, as amended, and its implementing regulations, by the …
  • DFARS 239.7411 Contract clauses.
    …9-7002, Access. (2) 252.239-7004, Orders for Facilities and Services. (3) 252.239-7007, Cancellation or Termination of Orders. (b) Use the following clauses in solicitations, contracts, and basic agreements for telecommunications service…

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