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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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27 sections with “request for technical proposals”

  • FAR 52.214-23 Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding.
    …nd any modifications or revisions, so as to reach the Government office designated in the request for technical proposals by the time specified in the invitation for bids (IFB). If no time is specified in the IFB, the time for receipt is 4:…
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    (a) Requests for technical proposals shall be synopsized in accordance with Part 5. The request must include, as a minimum, the following: (1) A description of the supplies or services required. (2) A statement of intent to use the two st…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … of interagency acquisition where a servicing agency performs acquisition activities on a requesting agency's behalf, such as awarding and administering a contract, task order, or delivery order. Basic research means that research directed…
  • FAR 15.404-2 Data to support proposal analysis.
    (a) Field pricing assistance. (1) The contracting officer should request field pricing assistance when the information available at the buying activity is inadequate to determine a fair and reasonable price. The contracting officer shall ta…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …tractor and contract performance. (13) Review and approve or disapprove the contractor's requests for payments under the progress payments or performance-based payments clauses. (14) Make payments on assigned contracts when prescribed in …
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender's request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing. (e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presen…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ervices for which the Government has paid the prime contractor. (c)(1) The Offeror, upon request by the Contracting Officer, shall submit and negotiate a subcontracting plan, where applicable, that separately addresses subcontracting with …
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …cations where such filing has been prohibited by a Secrecy Order. (4) The Contractor may request extensions of time for disclosure, election, or filing under paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(3) of this clause. (d) Government's rights—(1…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …ed, if applicable, in contract files: (a) Contracting office contract file. (1) Purchase request, acquisition planning information, and other presolicitation documents. (2) Justifications and approvals, determinations and findings, and as…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …ions, among other things. (6) The determination of Federal program priorities for budget requests. (7) The direction and control of Federal employees. (8) The direction and control of intelligence and counter-intelligence operations. (9…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …ith 15.503. (4) Offerors excluded or otherwise eliminated from the competitive range may request a debriefing (see 15.505 and 15.506). (d) Exchanges with offerors after establishment of the competitive range. Negotiations are exchanges, i…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …price cannot be determined through price analysis alone. (5) The contracting officer may request the advice and assistance of other experts to ensure that an appropriate analysis is performed. (6) Recommendations or conclusions regarding …
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …posal revision is a change to a proposal made after the solicitation closing date, at the request of or as allowed by a Contracting Officer as the result of negotiations. Time, if stated as a number of days, is calculated using calendar da…
  • FAR 3.103-1 Solicitation provision.
    … simplified acquisition procedures in part 13; (b) [Reserved] (c) The solicitation is a request for technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding procedures; or (d) The solicitation is for utility services for which rates are set by …
  • FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.
    …e made under the simplified acquisition procedures in Part 13; (B) The solicitation is a request for technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding procedures; or (C) The solicitation is for utility services for which rates are set by …
  • FAR 52.214-25 Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding.
    …isition under __ [the Contracting Officer shall insert the identification of the step-one request for technical proposals]. (c) Any bidder that has submitted multiple technical proposals in step one of this acquisition may submit a separat…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    …bpart 15.6 concerning unsolicited proposals. (j) The Government may issue an exploratory request to determine the existence of ideas or prior work in a specific field of research. Any such request shall clearly state that it does not impos…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    …f interest as required by paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this clause, the Contractor may submit a request through the Contracting Officer to the Head of the Contracting Activity for— (i) Agreement to a plan to mitigate the personal conflict of int…
  • FAR 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …ederal agency in accordance with the guidelines at 37.204. (s) Ensuring that no purchase request is initiated or contract entered into that would result in the performance of an inherently governmental function by a contractor and that all…
  • FAR 9.508 Examples.
    …cy's personnel. It suggests a curriculum that the agency endorses and incorporates in its request for proposals to institutions to establish and conduct the training. Company A may not be awarded a contract to conduct the training. (h) Com…
  • FAR 12.205 Offers.
    …etermine its adequacy for purposes of evaluation. If adequate, contracting officers shall request existing product or service literature from offerors of commercial products or commercial services in lieu of unique technical proposals. (b)…
  • FAR 14.501 General.
    …arly those for complex items. It is conducted in two steps: (a) Step one consists of the request for, submission, evaluation, and (if necessary) discussion of a technical proposal. No pricing is involved. The objective is to determine the …
  • FAR 15.204-5 Part IV—Representations and Instructions.
    …equired elsewhere to guide offerors or respondents in preparing proposals or responses to requests for information. Prospective offerors or respondents may be instructed to submit proposals or information in a specific format or severable p…
  • FAR 36.303-1 Phase One.
    …d the maximum number specified in the solicitation in accordance with 36.303-1(a)(4)) and request that only those offerors submit phase-two proposals.
  • FAR 44.202-2 Considerations.
    (a) The contracting officer responsible for consent must, at a minimum, review the request and supporting data and consider the following: (1) Is the decision to subcontract consistent with the contractor's approved make-or-buy program, if…
  • FAR 52.250-3 SAFETY Act Block Designation/Certification.
    …ation/certification may be found at the SAFETY Act website at http://www.SAFETYAct.gov or requests may be mailed to: Directorate of Science and Technology, SAFETY Act/Room 4320, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528. (f) Pr…
  • DFARS 215.101-2-70 Limitations and prohibitions.
    …ring development for a major defense acquisition program for which budgetary authority is requested beginning in fiscal year 2019. (3) Contracting officers shall make award decisions based on best value factors and criteria, as determined …

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