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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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58 sections with “evaluation preference”: the first 40

  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (a) The price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns shall be used in acquisitions conducted using full and open competition. The preference shall not be used— (1) Where price is not a selection factor so that a price ev…
  • FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns.
    As prescribed in 19.1309(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (a) Evaluation preference. (1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a factor of 10 percent to the…
  • DFARS 252.247-7026 Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards—Applicable to Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for DoD Cargo in the Coastwise or Noncontiguous Trade.
    As prescribed in 247.574(c), use the following provision: Evaluation Preference for Use of Domestic Shipyards—Applicable To Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for DOD Cargo in the Coastwise or Noncontiguous Trade (OCT 2024) (a) Definitions…
  • DFARS 219.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (a) Also, do not use the price evaluation preference in acquisitions that use tiered evaluation of offers, until a tier is reached that considers offers from other than small business concerns.
  • DFARS 252.236-7012 Military construction on Kwajalein Atoll—evaluation preference.
    … in 236.570(c)(2), use the following provision: Military Construction on Kwajalein Atoll—Evaluation Preference (MAR 1998) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— (1) Marshallese firm means a local firm incorporated in the Marshall Is…
  • FAR 26.202-2 Evaluation preference.
    The contracting officer may use an evaluation preference, when authorized in agency regulations or procedures.
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ices, outputs may take the form of information, advice, opinions, alternatives, analyses, evaluations, recommendations, training and the day-to-day aid of support personnel needed for the successful performance of ongoing Federal operations…
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …n subcontracting is required at the contract or order level; (2) Using the HUBZone price evaluation preference. However, if the prospective contractor waived the use of the price evaluation preference, or is an other than small business, d…
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …icitation specifies award on the basis of factors in addition to cost or price, apply the evaluation factors as specified in this section and use the evaluated cost or price in determining the offer that represents the best value to the Gov…
  • FAR 26.202 Local area preference.
    …practicable, to local firms. Preference may be given through a local area set-aside or an evaluation preference. (b) When using the authority under the Stafford Act, see the definitions of “micro-purchase threshold” and “simplified acquisi…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    … and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-di…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …s and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (3) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disa…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    … and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-di…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ness day from the date of identification of the apparent successful offeror, if the price evaluation preference was not applied at the time of bid opening; (ii) For negotiated acquisitions, by the close of business on the fifth business da…
  • FAR 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
    (a) The contracting officer— (1) Must use the evaluation factors in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section unless the head of the agency makes a written determination that the use of higher factors is more appropriate. If the determination…
  • FAR 36.602-3 Evaluation board functions.
    Under the general direction of the head of the contracting activity, an evaluation board shall perform the following functions: (a) Review the current data files on eligible firms and responses to a public notice concerning the particular …
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …tside CONUS and originate within CONUS, the contracting officer shall, for transportation evaluation purposes, note in the solicitation the CONUS port of loading or point of exit (aerial or water) and the water port of debarkation that serv…
  • DFARS 225.502 Application.
    …d products are exempt from application of the Buy American or Balance of Payments Program evaluation factor. (B) If the acquisition is also subject to a Free Trade Agreement, then eligible products of the applicable Free Trade Agreement co…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ed BPAs, if applicable; and (viii) Basis for the award decision. This should include the evaluation methodology used in selecting the contractor, the rationale for any tradeoffs in making the selection, and a price reasonableness determina…
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    …ase descriptions are not definite or complete or may be too restrictive without technical evaluation, and any necessary discussion, of the technical aspects of the requirement to ensure mutual understanding between each source and the Gover…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    …d directly in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii). (v) Contracts that use the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference. (b)(1) Limitations on subcont…
  • FAR 25.605 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    …unreasonable, in accordance with section 25.604, then the contracting officer shall apply evaluation factors to the offer incorporating the use of such foreign construction material as follows: (1) Use an evaluation factor of 25 percent, a…
  • FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
    …d contracts, as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and (6) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference. (d) Independent contractors. …
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …s and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Used the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the Contractor waived the price evaluation preference; or (3) Was an 8(a), HUBZone, service-…
  • FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
    …rd contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and (v) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone concern unless the Contractor waived the evaluation preference. (c) Requirements. (1) The Contractor sha…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …mestic offer and determine whether the cost of that offer is unreasonable by applying the evaluation factor listed in paragraph (b)(3)(i)(A)(1) of this clause. (3) The procedures in paragraph (b)(3)(i)(A)(2) of this clause will no longer a…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …mestic offer and determine whether the cost of that offer is unreasonable by applying the evaluation factor listed in paragraph (b)(4)(i)(A)(1) of this clause. (3) The procedures in paragraph (b)(4)(i)(A)(2) of this clause will no longer a…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    (c) Include an evaluation factor regarding supply chain risk (see subpart 239.73) when acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a cov…
  • DFARS 252.225-7023 Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan.
    …products or services are not products 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 …
  • DFARS 252.236-7010 Overseas military construction—Preference for United States firms.
    …lings; and (3) The firm employs United States citizens in key management positions. (b) Evaluation. Offers from firms that do not qualify as United States firms will be evaluated by adding 20 percent to the offer. (c) Status. The offeror…
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …see 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award; 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.219-27, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Sourc…
  • FAR 18.203 Emergency declaration or major disaster declaration.
    …and Emergency Assistance Act. Preference may take the form of local area set-asides or an evaluation preference. (See 6.208 and Subpart 26.2.) (b) Ocean transportation by U.S. flag vessels. The provisions of the Cargo Preference Act of 195…
  • FAR 19.000 Scope of part.
    …ed under a subcontract by a small disadvantaged business concern; (7) The use of a price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns; (8) The use of veteran-owned small business concerns; (9) Sole source awards to HUBZone s…
  • FAR 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price.
    …rt 19.5); (2) HUBZone set-asides (see subpart 19.13); (3) Contracts utilizing the price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns (see subpart 19.13); (4) Set-asides for SDVOSB concerns eligible under the SDVOSB Program (…
  • FAR 19.1309 Contract clauses.
    …1)(ii). (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns, in solicitations and contracts for acquisitions conducted using full and open competition. …
  • FAR 25.101 General.
    …re listed at 25.103. The unreasonable cost exception is implemented through the use of an evaluation factor applied to low foreign offers that are not eligible offers. The evaluation factor is not used to provide a preference for one foreig…
  • FAR 25.501 General.
    The contracting officer— (a) Must apply the evaluation procedures of this subpart to each line item of an offer unless either the offer or the solicitation specifies evaluation on a group basis (see 25.503); (b) May rely on the offeror's …
  • FAR 36.602-4 Selection authority.
    …selection authority. (b) The selection authority shall review the recommendations of the evaluation board and shall, with the advice of appropriate technical and staff representatives, make the final selection. This final selection shall b…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …Aside or Sole-Source Award (OCT 2022) (15 U.S.C. 657a). __(16) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer…
  • DFARS 236.102 Definitions.
    …irm is defined in the provision at 252.236-7012, Military Construction on Kwajalein Atoll—Evaluation Preference. United States firm is defined in the provisions at 252.236-7010, Overseas Military Construction-Preference for United States F…

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