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165 sections with “evaluation procedures”: the first 40

  • FAR 45.202 Evaluation procedures.
    …ssessing Government property. This shall be done by adjusting the offers by applying, for evaluation purposes only, a rental equivalent evaluation factor as specified in FAR 52.245-9. (b) The contracting officer shall ensure the offeror's …
  • FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.
    …All quotations or offers shall be considered (see paragraph (b) of this subsection). (b) Evaluation procedures. (1) The contracting officer has broad discretion in fashioning suitable evaluation procedures. The procedures prescribed in par…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …ty must provide the request for quotation (RFQ), which includes the statement of work and evaluation criteria (e.g., experience and past performance), to schedule contractors that offer services that will meet the agency's needs. The RFQ ma…
  • FAR 12.602 Streamlined evaluation of offers.
    (a) When evaluation factors are used, the contracting officer may insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation— Commercial Products and Commercial Services, in solicitations for commercial products or c…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    (a) Proposal evaluation is an assessment of the proposal and the offeror's ability to perform the prospective contract successfully. An agency shall evaluate competitive proposals and then assess their relative qualities solely on the facto…
  • FAR 22.805 Procedures.
    …shall allow as much time as feasible before award for the conduct of necessary compliance evaluation by OFCCP. As soon as the apparently successful offeror can be determined, the contracting officer shall process a preaward clearance reques…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …oposed performance-based payment terms will be evaluated. Unless agencies prescribe other evaluation procedures, if the contracting officer anticipates that the cost of providing performance-based payments would have a significant impact on…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    … completeness of past performance submissions. Agency procedures for the past performance evaluation system shall— (i) Generally provide for input to the evaluations from the technical office, contracting office, program management office,…
  • DFARS 212.7004 Procedures.
    …cessary to meet DoD's minimum requirements (see 227.7102 and 227.7202); (3) Describe the evaluation factors for selecting proposals to include— (i) Technical and importance to agency programs as the primary evaluation factors; (ii) Price…
  • FAR 12.203 Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award.
    …prescribed in this part in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation and award prescribed in part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures; part 14, Sealed Bidding; or part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, as app…
  • 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 25.504 Evaluation Examples.
    The following examples illustrate the application of the evaluation procedures in 25.502 and 25.503. The examples assume that the contracting officer has eliminated all offers that are unacceptable for reasons other than price or a trade ag…
  • FAR 32.205 Procedures for offeror-proposed commercial contract financing.
    …cer must also— (1) Specify the delivery payment (invoice) dates that will be used in the evaluation of financing proposals; and (2) Specify the interest rate to be used in the evaluation of financing proposals (see paragraph (c)(4) of thi…
  • 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 9.307 Government administration procedures.
    …d— (1) Advise that activity of the contractual requirements for testing and approval, or evaluation, as appropriate; (2) Call attention to the notice requirement in paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.209-3, First Article Approval—Contracto…
  • FAR 25.408 Procedures.
    … or FTA countries notice in accordance with 14.409-1 or 15.503. (b) See Subpart 25.5 for evaluation procedures and examples.
  • DFARS 212.203 Procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award.
    (1) See 215.101-2-70 for the limitations and prohibitions on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process, which are applicable to the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services. (2) See 217.7…
  • DFARS 225.504 Evaluation examples.
    For examples that illustrate the evaluation procedures in 225.502(c)(ii), see PGI 225.504.
  • DFARS 225.7703-1 Acquisition procedures.
    …) Providing a preference for products or services from Afghanistan in accordance with the evaluation procedures at 225.7703-3; (2) Limiting competition to products or services from Afghanistan; or (3) Using procedures other than competiti…
  • 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 7.503 Policy.
    …y contractual documents, to include documents defining requirements, incentive plans, and evaluation criteria; (iv) Awarding contracts; (v) Administering contracts (including ordering changes in contract performance or contract quantities…
  • FAR 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services.
    …he provision. (ix) A statement regarding the applicability of the provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, if used, and the specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of that provisio…
  • FAR 16.401 General.
    …e procedures for evaluating award fee and an Award-Fee Board for conducting the award-fee evaluation. Award-fee plans shall— (i) Be approved by the FDO unless otherwise authorized by agency procedures; (ii) Identify the award-fee evaluati…
  • FAR 17.106-3 Special procedures applicable to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard.
    …s a basis for the computation of savings and other benefits. However, the preparation and evaluation of dual offers may increase administrative costs and workload for both offerors and the Government, especially for large or complex acquisi…
  • FAR 22.1103 Policy, procedures, and solicitation provision.
    …d properly. Accordingly, the contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees, in solicitations for negotiated contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed $900,0…
  • 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 32.204 Procedures for contracting officer-specified commercial contract financing.
    …ms shall be included in the solicitation. Contract financing shall not be a factor in the evaluation of resulting proposals, and proposals of alternative financing terms shall not be accepted (but see 14.208 and 15.206 concerning amendments…
  • 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 226.7202 Policy and procedures.
    …oject (10 U.S.C. 3901 note prec.). (b) When using this Demonstration Project, one of the evaluation factors shall be the percentage of the offeror's total workforce that consists of severely disabled individuals employed by the offeror. Co…
  • DFARS 252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate.
    …Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program—Basic clause of this solicitation. (b) Evaluation. The Government— (1) Will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 225 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Re…
  • 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 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …roposals; allow reasonable interpretation of the proposal; or facilitate the Government's evaluation process. Such communications shall not be used to cure proposal deficiencies or material omissions, materially alter the technical or cost …
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …paragraph (b)(2) of this section. (c) Cost analysis. (1) Cost analysis is the review and evaluation of any separate cost elements and profit or fee in an offeror's or contractor's proposal, as needed to determine a fair and reasonable pric…
  • FAR 15.606 Agency procedures.
    (a) Agencies shall establish procedures for controlling the receipt, evaluation, and timely disposition of unsolicited proposals consistent with the requirements of this subpart. The procedures shall include controls on the reproduction and…
  • FAR 19.1405 Set-aside procedures.
    …s Certification database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov; (2) Proceed with the offer evaluation, if the offeror meets the criteria in paragraph (c)(1)(i) or (ii) of this section; or (3) Remove the offeror from consideration, if the of…
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    …ied in SAM or has a pending application for certification in DSBS, proceed with the offer evaluation. (2) Unless the offeror is designated as certified in SAM or has a pending application for certification in DSBS, the offer is not eligibl…
  • FAR 22.1604 Compliance evaluation and complaint investigations and sanctions for violations.
    (a) The Secretary may conduct compliance evaluations or investigate complaints of any contractor or subcontractor to determine if any of the requirements of the clause at 52.222-40 have been violated. (b) Contracting departments and agenci…
  • 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 26.202-2 Evaluation preference.
    The contracting officer may use an evaluation preference, when authorized in agency regulations or procedures.

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.