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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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268 sections with “offerors”: the first 40

  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …without discussions. (1) Clarifications are limited exchanges, between the Government and offerors, that may occur when award without discussions is contemplated. (2) If award will be made without conducting discussions, offerors may be gi…
  • FAR 15.505 Preaward debriefing of offerors.
    Offerors excluded from the competitive range or otherwise excluded from the competition before award may request a debriefing before award (10 U.S.C. 3305 and 41 U.S.C. 3705). (a)(1) The offeror may request a preaward debriefing by submitt…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    As prescribed in 12.301(b)(1), insert the following provision: Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (SEP 2023) (a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    As prescribed in 15.209(a), insert the following provision: Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition (NOV 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— Discussions are negotiations that occur after establishment of the compet…
  • DFARS 252.215-7016 Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings.
    As prescribed in 215.570, use the following provision: Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings (OCT 2025) (a) Definition. As used in this provision— Nontraditional defense contractor means an entity that is not currently performin…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …reaward notices of exclusion from competitive range. The contracting officer shall notify offerors promptly in writing when their proposals are excluded from the competitive range or otherwise eliminated from the competition. The notice sha…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …cticable, the debriefing should occur within 5 days after receipt of the written request. Offerors that requested a postaward debriefing in lieu of a preaward debriefing, or whose debriefing was delayed for compelling reasons beyond contrac…
  • FAR 47.207-1 Qualifications of offerors.
    …or the Relocation of a Federal Office, when a Federal office is relocated, to ensure that offerors are capable to perform interstate or intrastate moving contracts involving the relocation of Federal offices. (2) If a Federal office move i…
  • DFARS 215.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …ision document, redacted to protect the confidential and proprietary information of other offerors for the contract award. (ii) For award of a contract in excess of $150 million, disclosure of the agency's written source selection decision…
  • DFARS 252.237-7012 Instruction to offerors (count-of-articles).
    As prescribed in 237.7101(a), use the following provision: Instruction to Offerors (Count-of-Articles) (DEC 1991) (a) The Offeror shall include unit prices for each item in a lot. Unit prices shall include all costs to the Government of p…
  • DFARS 252.237-7013 Instruction to offerors (bulk weight).
    As prescribed in 237.7101(b), use the following provision: Instruction to Offerors (Bulk Weight) (DEC 1991) (a) Offers shall be submitted on a unit price per pound of serviced laundry. Unit prices shall include all costs to the Government…
  • FAR 32.1109 EFT information submitted by offerors.
    If offerors are required to submit EFT information prior to award, the successful offeror is not responsible for resubmitting this information after award of the contract except to make changes, or to place the information on invoices if re…
  • DFARS 215.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …rnment exercises the authority provided in 239.7305(d), the notifications to unsuccessful offerors, either preaward or postaward, shall not reveal any information that is determined to be withheld from disclosure in accordance with 10 U.S.C…
  • DFARS 215.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    (c) Competitive range. (1) For acquisitions with an estimated value of $100 million or more, contracting officers should conduct discussions. Follow the procedures at FAR 15.306(c) and (d).
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …terest including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government's needs (see 6.102(d)(2)). Building or work means construction activity as distinguished from manufactu…
  • FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
    …with procurement integrity requirements (see 3.104). Interested parties include potential offerors, end users, Government acquisition and supporting personnel, and others involved in the conduct or outcome of the acquisition. (b) The purpo…
  • FAR 15.203 Requests for proposals.
    …ated terms and conditions that will apply to the contract. The solicitation may authorize offerors to propose alternative terms and conditions. If the solicitation permits offerors to submit one or more additional proposals with alternative…
  • FAR 15.204-5 Part IV—Representations and Instructions.
    …ions as follows: (a) Section K, Representations, certifications, and other statements of offerors. Include in this section those solicitation provisions that require representations, certifications, or the submission of other information b…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …itation shall describe the approach for evaluating past performance, including evaluating offerors with no relevant performance history, and shall provide offerors an opportunity to identify past or current contracts (including Federal, Sta…
  • FAR 17.802 Policy.
    …etitive marketplace exists for the supplies and/or services being acquired; (2) Multiple offerors can satisfy the agency's requirement; and (3) The nature of the supplies and/or services being acquired (e.g., clearly defined specification…
  • FAR 22.404-5 Expiration of project wage determinations.
    …acting officer need not delay opening and reviewing proposals or discussing them with the offerors while a new determination for the primary site of the work is being obtained. The contracting officer shall request offerors to extend the pe…
  • FAR 22.1009-4 All possible places of performance not identified.
    If the contracting officer believes that there may be offerors interested in performing in unidentified places or areas, the contracting officer may use the following procedures: (a) Include the following information in the synopsis and so…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    … the solicitation to other apparently qualified sources. (c) Solicitations shall require offerors to describe their technical and management approach, identify technical uncertainties, and make specific proposals for the resolution of any …
  • FAR 36.210 Inspection of site and examination of data.
    The contracting officer should make appropriate arrangements for prospective offerors to inspect the work site and to have the opportunity to examine data available to the Government which may provide information concerning the performance …
  • FAR 52.217-10 Reverse Auction.
    …eans the process for obtaining pricing, usually supported by an electronic tool, in which offerors see competing offerors' price(s), without disclosure of the competing offerors' identity, and have the opportunity to submit lower priced off…
  • FAR 52.217-11 Reverse Auction—Orders.
    …eans the process for obtaining pricing, usually supported by an electronic tool, in which offerors see competing offerors' price(s), without disclosure of the competing offerors' identity, and have the opportunity to submit lower priced off…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    …nly to f.o.b. origin delivery under Government bills of lading (see paragraph (b) above), offerors shall designate below at least one of the ports of loading listed in paragraph (d) below as their place of delivery. Failure to designate at …
  • DFARS 227.7103-1 Policy.
    …e extent practicable, for the technical data to be delivered under a contract and require offerors and contractors to price separately each deliverable data item; and (4) Require offerors to identify, to the extent practicable, technical d…
  • DFARS 227.7103-10 Contractor identification and marking of technical data to be furnished with restrictive markings.
    …-7017, Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions, requires offerors to identify to the contracting officer, prior to contract award, any technical data that the offeror asserts should be provided to the Govern…
  • DFARS 227.7203-10 Contractor identification and marking of computer software or computer software documentation to be furnished with restrictive markings.
    …-7017, Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions, requires offerors to identify, prior to contract award, any computer software or computer software documentation that an offeror asserts should be provided to …
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …gain and that can be substantiated through competition or from sources independent of the offerors. Non-Government sales means sales of the supplies or services to non-Governmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes. R…
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    …ond step must be based on the bidder's own technical proposals. (8) A statement that (i) offerors should submit proposals that are acceptable without additional explanation or information, (ii) the Government may make a final determination…
  • FAR 15.507 Protests against award.
    …officer shall provide the information in paragraph (c) of this section to all prospective offerors for the new solicitation; or (2) Issue a new request for revised proposals on the protested contract award, the contracting officer shall pr…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …based on the nature of the contract requirements and knowledge of the practices of likely offerors, that all or nearly all offerors will meet the conditions in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) through (v) of this subsection. If the services are current…
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    … a level above the contracting officer; solicitations should advise potential bidders and offerors that this review is available. Agency procedures and/or solicitations shall notify potential bidders and offerors whether this independent re…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …shall, in accordance with any applicable protective orders, provide actual or prospective offerors reasonable access to the protest file. However, if the GAO dismisses the protest before the documents are submitted to the GAO, then no prote…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …n an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on SAM.] (c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract is for supplies to be delivered or services to be performed in the Un…
  • FAR 52.217-12 Reverse Auction Services.
    …eans the process for obtaining pricing, usually supported by an electronic tool, in which offerors see competing offerors' price(s), without disclosure of the competing offeror's identity, and have the opportunity to submit lower priced off…
  • DFARS 227.7203-1 Policy.
    … software or computer software documentation to be delivered under a contract and require offerors and contractors to price separately each deliverable data item; and (4) Require offerors to identify, to the extent practicable, computer so…
  • DFARS 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements.
    …made, qualifying country, or designated country end products from responsive, responsible offerors are either not received or are insufficient to fill the Government's requirements; or (ii) A national interest waiver has been granted. (d)…

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