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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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21 sections with “postaward notice”

  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.216-7010 Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders.
    As prescribed at 216.506-70(b), use the following clause: Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders (Oct 2025) (a) Postaward debriefing. (1) Upon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward deb…
  • FAR 52.234-3 Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review.
    …ribed in 34.203(b) use the following provision: Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review (NOV 2016) (a) The offeror shall provide documentation that the Cognizant Federal Agency has determined that the…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …e relative importance of quality and price or cost factors; and (E) An opportunity for a postaward debriefing in accordance with paragraph (b)(6) of this section. (v) The contracting officer should consider the following when developing t…
  • DFARS 216.505 Ordering.
    …hority at FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B) or (C), follow the procedures at PGI 216.505(b)(2). (6) Postaward notices and debriefing of awardees for orders exceeding $7.5 million. In addition to the notice required at FAR 16.505(b)(6), a written or o…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …bed at 215.408(5)(i)(B). (E) Use the provision at 252.215-7016, Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings, as prescribed in 215.570, to comply with section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 11…
  • FAR 5.705 Publicizing postaward.
    Follow usual publication procedures at 5.301, except that the following supersede the exceptions at 5.301(b)(2) through (7): (a)(1) Publicize the award notice for any action exceeding $500,000, funded in whole or in part by the Recovery Ac…
  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …ut delay or when the contract is entered into under the 8(a) program (see 19.805-2). (b) Postaward notices. (1) Within 3 days after the date of contract award, the contracting officer shall provide written notification to each offeror whos…
  • FAR 15.505 Preaward debriefing of offerors.
    …ing is delayed until after award, it shall include all information normally provided in a postaward debriefing (see 15.506(d)). Debriefings delayed pursuant to this paragraph could affect the timeliness of any protest filed subsequent to th…
  • FAR 19.705-6 Postaward responsibilities of the contracting officer.
    After a contract or contract modification containing a subcontracting plan is awarded or an existing subcontracting plan is amended, the contracting officer shall do the following: (a) Notify the SBA of the award by sending a copy of the a…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …see part 16. Contract administration office means an office that performs— (1) Assigned postaward functions related to the administration of contracts; and (2) Assigned preaward functions. Contract clause or clause means a term or condi…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …or other bond documents, or a reference thereto, and notices to sureties. (31) Report of postaward conference. (32) Notice to proceed, stop orders, and any overtime premium approvals granted at the time of award. (33) Documents requestin…
  • FAR 22.805 Procedures.
    …n award is made under this authority, the contracting officer shall immediately request a postaward evaluation from the OFCCP regional office. (9) If, under the provisions of paragraph (a)(8) of this section, a postaward evaluation determi…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    … of commercial products and commercial services, that include the clause at 252.237-7026, Postaward Transparency Requirements for Firms that Support Department of Defense Audits. (4) Use the clause at 252.237-7026, Postaward Transparency R…
  • FAR 5.704 Publicizing preaward.
    …is does not include modifications to existing orders, but these modifications are covered postaward, see 5.705. These notices are for “informational purposes only,” therefore, 5.203 does not apply. Contracting officers should concurrently u…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …in the submission failed to materialize. (d) For each advisory audit received based on a postaward review that indicates defective pricing, the contracting officer shall make a determination as to whether or not the data submitted were def…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …8) If the Government pays costs, as provided in paragraph (h)(1) of this section, where a postaward protest is sustained as the result of an awardee's intentional or negligent misstatement, misrepresentation, or miscertification, the Govern…
  • FAR 34.203 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …tantially the same as the provision at 52.234-3, Notice of Earned Value Management System—Postaward Integrated Baseline Review , in solicitations for contracts that require the contractor to use an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and …
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …erns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program (FEB 2024) (15 U.S.C. 657f). __(26)(i) 52.219-28, Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation (JAN 2025) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). __(ii) Alternate I (MAR 2020) of 52.219-28. __(27) 52.219-29, No…
  • DFARS 216.506-70 Additional solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …rescribed at 215.371-6 and 215.408(3), respectively. (b) Use the clause at 252.216-7010, Postaward Debriefings for Task Orders and Delivery Orders, in competitive negotiated solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contract…
  • DFARS 233.104 Protests to GAO.
    …nless an earlier debriefing date is negotiated as a result; or (D) Within 5 days after a postaward debriefing under FAR 15.506 is concluded in accordance with 215.506-70(b).

FAR (chapter 1)

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