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47 sections with “late bids”: the first 40

  • FAR 52.214-7 Late submissions, modifications, and withdrawals of bids.
    As prescribed in 14.201-6(c)(3), insert the following provision: Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Bids (NOV 1999) (a) Bidders are responsible for submitting bids, and any modifications or withdrawals, so as to reach the…
  • FAR 14.304 Submission, modification, and withdrawal of bids.
    …nment office designated in the IFB after the exact time specified for receipt of bids is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the contracting officer determines that accepting the late bid would not …
  • FAR 52.214-23 Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding.
    As prescribed in 14.201-6(r), insert the following provision: Late Submissions, Modifications, Revisions, and Withdrawals of Technical Proposals Under Two-Step Sealed Bidding (NOV 1999) (a) Bidders are responsible for submitting technical…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ormance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency needs by contract. Acquisition planning means the process by which the efforts of all personnel responsible…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …equirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately. (f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers. (1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revi…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … or understanding that the small business concern will be awarded a subcontract for the related work if the Offeror is awarded the contract. (13) Assurances that the Contractor will provide the Contracting Officer with a written explanatio…
  • FAR 14.301 Responsiveness of bids.
    …commerce shall be considered only if the electronic commerce method was specifically stipulated or permitted by the solicitation.
  • FAR 14.303 Modification or withdrawal of bids.
    … the solicitation, if notice is received in the office designated in the solicitation not later than the exact time set for opening of bids. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile bids, bids may be modified or withdrawn via facsimile rece…
  • FAR 14.402-2 Classified bids.
    …opriate security clearance. The contracting officer also may make the bids available at a later time to properly cleared individuals who represent bidders. No public record shall be made of bids or bid prices received in response to classif…
  • FAR 14.404-2 Rejection of individual bids.
    … the acquisition. (l) After submitting a bid, if all of a bidder's assets or that part related to the bid are transferred during the period between the bid opening and the award, the transferee may not be able to take over the bid. Accordi…
  • FAR 14.407-4 Mistakes after award.
    …ng the essential requirements of the specifications. (b) In addition to the cases contemplated in paragraph (a) above or as otherwise authorized by law, agencies are authorized to make a determination— (1) To rescind a contract; (2) To r…
  • FAR 52.214-5 Submission of Bids.
    …commerce shall be considered only if the electronic commerce method was specifically stipulated or permitted by the solicitation. (End of provision)
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    … or (4) Subject to denial, debarment, or other sanctions under export control laws and related laws and regulations, and orders administered by the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, or th…
  • FAR 14.201-6 Solicitation provisions.
    …ation and submission of bids in general. See other FAR parts for provisions and clauses related to specific acquisition requirements. (b) Insert in all invitations for bids the provisions at— (1) 52.214-3, Amendments to Invitations for Bi…
  • FAR 14.201-8 Price-related factors.
    The factors set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) below may be applicable in evaluation of bids for award and shall be included in the solicitation when applicable. (See 14.201-5(c).) (a) Foreseeable costs or delays to the Government res…
  • FAR 14.402-3 Postponement of openings.
    …pening shall be deemed to be the time set for bid opening for the purpose of determining “late bids” under 14.304. A note should be made on the abstract of bids or otherwise added to the file explaining the circumstances of the postponement…
  • FAR 14.408-4 Economic price adjustment.
    …ed. (2) When a bidder increases the maximum percentage of economic price adjustment stipulated in the invitation or limits the downward economic price adjustment provisions of the invitation, the bid shall be rejected as nonresponsive. (3…
  • FAR 11.403 Supplies or services.
    …tor the contract, notice of award, acceptance of proposal, or other contract document not later than the date of the contract. (d) If the delivery schedule is based on the date the contractor receives the notice of award, or if the deliver…
  • FAR 14.408-1 General.
    …tion, will be most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and the price-related factors (see 14.201-8) included in the invitation. Award shall not be made until all required approvals have been obtained and the award otherwi…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …lations on timeliness are contained in 13 CFR 121.1004. SBA's regulations on timeliness related to protests of disadvantaged status are contained in 13 CFR part 124, subpart B. (1) To be timely, a protest by any concern or other interested…
  • FAR 22.404-6 Modifications of wage determinations.
    …gency (modification is effective) and receipt by the contracting officer, which may occur later.) During the course of the solicitation, the contracting officer shall monitor the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov website to determine whether t…
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    … If the principal's obligations are not met, the bond assures payment, to the extent stipulated, of any loss sustained by the obligee. The types of bonds and related documents are as follows: (1) An advance payment bond secures fulfillment…
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …hat effort which (1) normally follows basic research, but may not be severable from the related basic research, (2) attempts to determine and exploit the potential of scientific discoveries or improvements in technology, materials, processe…
  • FAR 52.214-20 Bid Samples.
    …, the Government will reject the bid, except that the Contracting Officer will consider a late sample sent by mail under the Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Bids provision of this solicitation. (c) The Government will t…
  • FAR 52.214-21 Descriptive Literature.
    …to submit descriptive literature on time, the Government will reject the bid, except that late descriptive literature sent by mail may be considered under the Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Bids provision of this solici…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    … and significant involvement of an official in any of the following activities directly related to that procurement: (i) Drafting, reviewing, or approving the specification or statement of work for the procurement. (ii) Preparing or devel…
  • FAR 5.203 Publicizing and response time.
    …posed contract action to the GPE (see 5.201). All publicizing and response times are calculated based on the date of publication. The publication date is the date the notice appears on the GPE. The notice must be published at least 15 days …
  • FAR 6.102 Use of competitive procedures.
    …2) Competitive selection of basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement is a competitive procedure if award results from— (i) A broad agency announceme…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …y dictate that only one supplier can furnish the service (see 41.202); or when the contemplated contract is for construction of a part of a utility system and the utility company itself is the only source available to work on the system. (…
  • FAR 6.302-6 National security.
    …sclosure of the Government's needs would compromise the national security (e.g., would violate security requirements); it shall not be used merely because the acquisition is classified, or merely because access to classified matter will be …
  • FAR 6.401 Sealed bidding and competitive proposals.
    …ation of sealed bids; (2) The award will be made on the basis of price and other price-related factors; (3) It is not necessary to conduct discussions with the responding offerors about their bids; and (4) There is reasonable expectation…
  • FAR 14.101 Elements of sealed bidding.
    …bids, will be most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and the price-related factors included in the invitation.
  • FAR 14.103-2 Limitations.
    …r bids and is most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and the price-related factors included in the invitation, as provided in subpart 14.4.
  • FAR 14.201-5 Part IV—Representations and instructions.
    …contracts, 52.214-19). (c) Section M, Evaluation factors for award. Identify the price-related factors other than the bid price that will be considered in evaluating bids and awarding the contract. (See 14.201-8.)
  • FAR 14.302 Bid submission.
    …ted so that they will be received in the office designated in the invitation for bids not later than the exact time set for opening of bids.
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    …the contracting officer shall debrief unsuccessful offerors (see 15.505 and 15.506). (h) Late technical proposals are governed by 15.208 (b), (c), and (f). (i) If it is necessary to discontinue two-step sealed bidding, the contracting off…
  • FAR 17.208 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ic price adjustment, or other type of contract approved under agency procedures is contemplated; and (4) The contracting officer has determined that there is a reasonable likelihood that the option will be exercised. For sealed bids, the d…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …ls of protest determinations with SBA's AA/GC&BD. The AA/GC&BD must receive the appeal no later than 5 business days after the date of receipt of the protest determination. SBA will dismiss any untimely appeal. (k) The appeal must be in wr…
  • FAR 22.1012-1 Prevailing wage determinations.
    …tion between receipt by the agency and receipt by the contracting officer which may occur later.) (i) For purposes of using Wage Determinations at SAM.gov, the time of receipt by the contracting agency shall be the first day of publication…
  • FAR 36.213-2 Presolicitation notices.
    … These notices shall be issued sufficiently in advance of the invitation for bids to stimulate the interest of the greatest number of prospective bidders. (b) Presolicitation notices must— (1) Describe the proposed work in sufficient deta…

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