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35 sections with “price evaluation preference”

  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (a) The price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns shall be used in acquisitions conducted using full and open competition. The preference shall not be used— (1) Where price is not a selection factor so that a price ev…
  • FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns.
    As prescribed in 19.1309(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (a) Evaluation preference. (1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a factor of 10 percent to the…
  • DFARS 219.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (a) Also, do not use the price evaluation preference in acquisitions that use tiered evaluation of offers, until a tier is reached that considers offers from other than small business concerns.
  • FAR 19.202-6 Determination of fair market price.
    (a) The fair market price shall be the price achieved in accordance with the reasonable price guidelines in 15.404-1(b) for— (1) Total and partial small business set-asides, and reserves (see subpart 19.5); (2) HUBZone set-asides (see sub…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …bstantial quantities in the commercial marketplace based on established catalog or market prices for specific tasks performed or specific outcomes to be achieved and under standard commercial terms and conditions. For purposes of these serv…
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …siness and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, serv…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …usiness and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (3) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, servic…
  • FAR 14.502 Conditions for use.
    … (4) Sufficient time will be available for use of the two-step method. (5) A firm-fixed-price contract or a fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment will be used. (b) None of the following precludes the use of two-step sealed …
  • FAR 19.507 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ions on subcontracting is required at the contract or order level; (2) Using the HUBZone price evaluation preference. However, if the prospective contractor waived the use of the price evaluation preference, or is an other than small busin…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …siness and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (iii) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, serv…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …the supply or service. (d) Pricing. Supplies offered on the schedule are listed at fixed prices. Services offered on the schedule are priced either at hourly rates, or at a fixed price for performance of a specific task (e.g., installation…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …hat can provide the supply or service that represents the best value. (2) In addition to price (see 8.404(d) and 8.405-4), when determining best value, the ordering activity may consider, among other factors, the following: (i) Past perfo…
  • FAR 15.402 Pricing policy.
    …hall— (a) Purchase supplies and services from responsible sources at fair and reasonable prices. In establishing the reasonableness of the offered prices, the contracting officer— (1) Shall obtain certified cost or pricing data when requi…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …h business day from the date of identification of the apparent successful offeror, if the price evaluation preference was not applied at the time of bid opening; (ii) For negotiated acquisitions, by the close of business on the fifth busin…
  • FAR 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
    …icer must determine the reasonableness of the cost of the domestic offer by adding to the price of the low offer, inclusive of duty— (A) 20 percent, if the lowest domestic offer is from a large business concern; or (B) 30 percent, if the …
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …ented: (1) Eliminate all offers or offerors that are unacceptable for reasons other than price; e.g., nonresponsive, debarred or suspended, or a prohibited source (see Subpart 25.7). (2) Rank the remaining offers by price. (3) If the sol…
  • FAR 25.605 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    …ial as follows: (1) Use an evaluation factor of 25 percent, applied to the total offered price of the contract, if foreign manufactured construction material is incorporated in the offer based on an exception for unreasonable cost of compa…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …e Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (OCT 2022) (15 U.S.C. 657a). __(16) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …he foreign and domestic construction materials; (B) Unit of measure; (C) Quantity; (D) Price; (E) Time of delivery or availability; (F) Location of the construction project; (G) Name and address of the proposed supplier; and (H) A de…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …he foreign and domestic construction materials; (B) Unit of measure; (C) Quantity; (D) Price; (E) Time of delivery or availability; (F) Location of the construction project; (G) Name and address of the proposed supplier; and (H) A de…
  • FAR 52.225-22 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    … of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute by adding to the offered price of the contract— (i) 25 percent of the offered price of the contract, if foreign manufactured construction material is incorporated in the offe…
  • FAR 52.225-24 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    … of section 1605 of the Recovery Act or the Buy American statute by adding to the offered price of the contract— (i) 25 percent of the offered price of the contract, if foreign manufactured construction material is included in the offer ba…
  • DFARS 225.502 Application.
    …r designated country end products, except as permitted by 225.403 or 225.7703-1. (ii) If price is the determining factor, award on the low offer. (c) Use the following procedures instead of those in FAR 25.502(c) for acquisitions subject …
  • DFARS 236.570 Additional provisions and clauses.
    (a) Use the following clauses in all fixed-price construction solicitations and contracts— (1) 252.236-7000, Modification Proposals-Price Breakdown; and (2) 252.236-7001, Contract Drawings and Specifications. (b) Use the following provis…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …e source can reasonably perform the work; (ii) The contract provides only for firm-fixed price (see 16.202) task or delivery orders for— (A) Products for which unit prices are established in the contract; or (B) Services for which prices…
  • FAR 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …usiness and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Used the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the Contractor waived the price evaluation preference; or (3) Was an 8(a), HUBZone, se…
  • DFARS 252.225-7023 Preference for Products or Services from Afghanistan.
    …of evaluating competitive offers, the Contracting Officer will increase by 50 percent the prices of offers of products or services that are not products or services from Afghanistan. (End of provision)
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …ible (see 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award; 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.219-27, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole…
  • FAR 19.000 Scope of part.
    …urnished under a subcontract by a small disadvantaged business concern; (7) The use of a price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns; (8) The use of veteran-owned small business concerns; (9) Sole source awards to HUB…
  • FAR 19.505 Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule.
    … issued directly in accordance with 19.504(c)(1)(ii). (v) Contracts that use the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference. (b)(1) Limitations on s…
  • FAR 19.1309 Contract clauses.
    …04(c)(1)(ii). (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns, in solicitations and contracts for acquisitions conducted using full and open competi…
  • FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.
    …e-award contracts, as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and (6) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference. (d) Independent contrac…
  • FAR 52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule.
    …le-award contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and (v) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone concern unless the Contractor waived the evaluation preference. (c) Requirements. (1) The Contract…
  • DFARS 225.7703-3 Evaluating offers.
    …, apply the evaluation factor specified in the solicitation to the low offer. (1) If the price of the low offer of a product or service from Afghanistan is less than the evaluated price of the low offer, award on the low offer of a product…
  • FAR 25.204 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    …he agency specifies a higher percentage, the contracting officer shall add to the offered price 20 percent of the cost of any foreign construction material proposed for exception from the requirements of the Buy American statute based on th…

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