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36 sections with “evaluating offers”

  • FAR 25.204 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    (a) Offerors proposing to use foreign construction material other than that listed by the Government in the applicable clause at 52.225-9, paragraph (b)(2), or 52.225-11, paragraph (b)(3), or covered by the WTO GPA or a Free Trade Agreement…
  • FAR 25.605 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    (a) If the contracting officer has determined that an exception applies because the cost of certain domestic construction material is unreasonable, in accordance with section 25.604, then the contracting officer shall apply evaluation facto…
  • DFARS 225.7703-3 Evaluating offers.
    Evaluate offers submitted in response to solicitations that include the provision at 252.225-7023, Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan, as follows: (a) If the low offer is an offer of a product or service from Afghanistan,…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    … (d) Ports of loading for evaluation of offers. Terminals to be used by the Government in evaluating offers are as follows: (For the information of the offerors, ocean and port handling charges are set forth if the terminal named is a DOD w…
  • FAR 47.306 Transportation factors in the evaluation of offers.
    When evaluating offers, contracting officers shall consider transportation and transportation-related costs as well as the offerors' shipping and receiving facilities.
  • FAR 52.247-20 Estimated Quantities or Weights for Evaluation of Offers.
    … Estimated Quantities or Weights for Evaluation of Offers (APR 1984) For the purpose of evaluating offers, and for no other purpose, the following estimated quantities or weights will be considered as the quantities or weights to be shipp…
  • DFARS 212.602 Streamlined evaluation of offers.
    … For the acquisition of transportation and transportation-related services, also consider evaluating offers in accordance with the criteria at 247.206(1). (ii) For the acquisition of transportation in supply contracts that will include a s…
  • DFARS 215.203-70 Requests for proposals—tiered evaluation of offers.
    …one small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, small business) before evaluating offers from other than small business concerns. (c) The contracting officer is prohibited from issuing a solicitation with a tiered evalua…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …l agreed-to price is fair and reasonable. (1) The contracting officer is responsible for evaluating the reasonableness of the offered prices. The analytical techniques and procedures described in this section may be used, singly or in comb…
  • FAR 47.305-5 Destination unknown.
    ….247-49, Destination Unknown, when destinations are tentative and only for the purpose of evaluating offers. (3) If it is necessary to control subsequent shipping weights, the solicitation shall state that subsequent shipments shall be mad…
  • FAR 3.103-2 Evaluating the certification.
    (a) Evaluation guidelines. (1) None of the following, in and of itself, constitutes disclosure as it is used in paragraph (a)(2) of the Certificate of Independent Price Determination (hereafter, the certificate): (i) The fact that a firm h…
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …riod or quantities plus option periods or quantities, if such options are considered when evaluating offers for award. (b) Satisfactory performance record. A prospective contractor that is or recently has been seriously deficient in contra…
  • FAR 9.306 Solicitation requirements.
    …or first article testing, the Government's estimated testing costs as a factor for use in evaluating offers (when appropriate); and (j) Inform offerors that the prices for first articles and first article tests in relation to production qu…
  • FAR 11.402 Factors to consider in establishing schedules.
    … (6) Capabilities of small business concerns; (7) Administrative time for obtaining and evaluating offers and for awarding contracts; (8) Time for contractors to comply with any conditions precedent to contract performance; and (9) Time…
  • FAR 12.601 General.
    …rocedures are intended to simplify the process of preparing and issuing solicitations and evaluating offers for commercial products or commercial services consistent with customary commercial practices.
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …nation required under subpart 9.1. (ii) The solicitation shall describe the approach for evaluating past performance, including evaluating offerors with no relevant performance history, and shall provide offerors an opportunity to identify…
  • FAR 47.305-3 F.o.b. origin solicitations.
    …er basis will be rejected as nonresponsive. (f)(1) The methods of transportation used in evaluating offers. The Government normally uses land transportation by regulated common carriers between points in the 48 contiguous United States and…
  • FAR 47.306-1 Transportation cost determinations.
    When requesting the transportation officer to assist in evaluating offers, the contracting officer shall give the transportation officer all pertinent data, including the following information: (a) A complete description of the commodity b…
  • FAR 52.247-47 Evaluation—F.o.b. Origin.
    …lowing provision. When it is appropriate to use methods other than land transportation in evaluating offers; e.g., air, pipeline, barge, or ocean tanker, modify the provision accordingly. Evaluation—F.o.b. Origin (JUN 2003) (a) The Govern…
  • FAR 52.247-49 Destination Unknown.
    …ng provision in solicitations when destinations are tentative and only for the purpose of evaluating offers: Destination Unknown (APR 1984) (End of provision)
  • FAR 52.247-56 Transit Arrangements.
    …ror's shipping points, via the transit point, to the ultimate destination will be used in evaluating offers. (End of provision)
  • FAR 52.247-60 Guaranteed Shipping Characteristics.
    …olicitation. The guaranteed shipping characteristics will be used only for the purpose of evaluating offers and establishing any liability of the successful offeror for increased transportation costs resulting from actual shipping character…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …n small business concerns; (2) Establishes a tiered or cascading order of precedence for evaluating offers that is specified in the solicitation; and (3) If no award can be made at the first tier, evaluates offers at the next lower tier, …
  • DFARS 225.001 General.
    For guidance on evaluating offers of foreign end products, see PGI 225.001.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …t sample, first lot, pilot lot, or pilot models. First article testing means testing and evaluating the first article for conformance with specified contract requirements before or in the initial stage of production. F.o.b. means free on …
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …hall submit, at a minimum, information that is adequate for determining commerciality and evaluating the reasonableness of the price for this acquisition, including prices at which the same product or service or similar products or services…
  • FAR 7.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …abilities. If such proposals are required, the contracting officer shall consider them in evaluating competing offers. In noncompetitive awards, the factors in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, may be considered by the contracting off…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …t factors and subfactors, including cost or price, that the agency expects to consider in evaluating proposals, and their relative importance; (D) Where award is made on a best value basis, a written statement documenting the basis for awa…
  • FAR 25.501 General.
    …sis (see 25.503); (b) May rely on the offeror's certification of end product origin when evaluating a foreign offer; (c) Must identify and reject offers of end products that are prohibited in accordance with subpart 25.7; and (d) When tr…
  • FAR 47.304-3 Shipments from CONUS for overseas delivery.
    …S to the overseas port destination. The lowest cost of shipping can be determined only by evaluating and comparing the various prospective landed costs (including inland, terminal, and ocean costs). Also, agencies may have export licensing …
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …nalysis is performed, cost realism may be considered by the source selection authority in evaluating performance or schedule risk. (10) A written award or acceptance of proposal mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror withi…
  • FAR 52.247-62 Specific Quantities Unknown.
    …formance of the contract. Specific Quantities Unknown (APR 1984) (a) For the purpose of evaluating f.o.b. destination offers, the Government estimates that the quantity specified will be shipped to the destinations indicated: (b) If the …
  • DFARS 204.7603 Procedures.
    …m risk search has been performed and shall consider any item risk warnings provided. When evaluating quotations or offers for an end product identified by a material identifier, a SPRS item risk search is required for any end product that d…
  • DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.
    …t life expectancy or short shelf life (See PGI 215.101-2-70(a)(1)(vi) for assistance with evaluating whether a requirement satisfies this limitation); (vii) The contract file contains a determination that the lowest price reflects full lif…
  • DFARS 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System.
    …e) The Contracting Officer may consider any other available and relevant information when evaluating a quotation or an offer. (End of provision)
  • DFARS 252.225-7023 Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan.
    …oducts from Afghanistan or services from Afghanistan: (d) Evaluation. For the purpose of evaluating competitive offers, the Contracting Officer will increase by 50 percent the prices of offers of products or services that are not products …

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