48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

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3 sections with “lowest aggregate cost”

  • FAR 14.201-8 Price-related factors.
    …05), transportation costs to the designated points shall be considered in determining the lowest cost to the Government. (b) Changes made, or requested by the bidder, in any of the provisions of the invitation for bids, if the change does …
  • FAR 52.214-22 Evaluation of Bids for Multiple Awards.
    …, and individual awards will be for the items or combinations of items that result in the lowest aggregate cost to the Government, including the assumed administrative costs. (End of provision)
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …ntracting officers shall ensure the criteria at 15.101-2(c)(1)-(5) are met when using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process. (vi) Except for DoD, avoid using the lowest price technically acceptable source selecti…

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.