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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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26 sections with “resolicitation”

  • FAR 36.213-2 Presolicitation notices.
    … the head of the contracting activity or a designee, the contracting officer shall issue presolicitation notices on any construction requirement when the proposed contract is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Presolic…
  • FAR 5.204 Presolicitation notices.
    Contracting officers must provide access to presolicitation notices through the GPE (see 15.201 and 36.213-2). The contracting officer must synopsize a proposed contract action before issuing any resulting solicitation (see 5.201 and 5.203)…
  • FAR 14.205 Presolicitation notices.
    In lieu of initially forwarding complete bid sets, the contracting officer may send presolicitation notices to concerns. The notice shall— (a) Specify the final date for receipt of requests for a complete bid set; (b) Briefly describe the…
  • FAR 8.1102 Presolicitation requirements.
    (a) Except as specified in 8.1102(b), before preparing solicitations for leasing of motor vehicles, contracting officers shall obtain from the requiring activity a written certification that— (1) The vehicles requested are of maximum fuel …
  • FAR 47.202 Presolicitation planning.
    Contracting officers shall inform activities that plan to acquire transportation or transportation-related services of the applicable lead-time requirements, that is— (a) The Service Contract Labor Standards statute requirement to obtain a…
  • FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
    …paragraph (f) of this section regarding restrictions on disclosure of information); (5) Presolicitation notices; (6) Draft RFPs; (7) RFIs; (8) Presolicitation or preproposal conferences; and (9) Site visits. (d) The special notices of…
  • FAR 9.206-1 General.
    …ification requirements, the contracting officer shall take the following steps: (1) Use presolicitation notices in appropriate cases to advise potential suppliers before issuing solicitations involving qualification requirements. The notic…
  • FAR 15.202 Advisory multi-step process.
    (a) The agency may publish a presolicitation notice (see 5.204) that provides a general description of the scope or purpose of the acquisition and invites potential offerors to submit information that allows the Government to advise the off…
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    … Government's liability will be determined by the terms of the applicable contract. (f) Presolicitation or pre-bid conferences. To ensure that all interested sources of supply are thoroughly aware of how multiyear contracting is accomplish…
  • FAR 4.403 Responsibilities of contracting officers.
    (a) Presolicitation phase. Contracting officers shall review all proposed solicitations to determine whether access to classified information may be required by offerors, or by a contractor during contract performance. (1) If access to cla…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    … office contract file. (1) Purchase request, acquisition planning information, and other presolicitation documents. (2) Justifications and approvals, determinations and findings, and associated documents. (3) Evidence of availability of f…
  • FAR 5.405 Exchange of acquisition information.
    …ion of information is particularly beneficial during the period of acquisition planning, presolicitation, evaluation, and pre-award survey. (b) When substantial acquisitions of major items are involved or when the contracting activity deem…
  • FAR 5.701 Scope.
    This subpart prescribes posting requirements for presolicitation and award notices for actions funded in whole or in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) (Recovery Act). The requirements of this subpart…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …s and procedures to: (i) Encourage industry participation by using draft solicitations, presolicitation conferences, and other means of stimulating industry involvement during design and development in recommending the most appropriate app…
  • FAR 9.206-3 Competition.
    (a) Presolicitation. If a qualification requirement applies to an acquisition, the contracting officer shall review the applicable QPL, QML, or QBL or other identification of those sources which have met the requirement before issuing a sol…
  • FAR 10.002 Procedures.
    …rs, and dealers or available on-line. (viii) Conducting interchange meetings or holding presolicitation conferences to involve potential offerors early in the acquisition process. (ix) Reviewing systems such as the System for Award Manage…
  • FAR 14.202-1 Bidding time.
    …ty of requirement; (3) anticipated extent of subcontracting; (4) whether use was made of presolicitation notices; (5) geographic distribution of bidders; and (6) normal transmittal time for both invitations and bids.
  • FAR 14.203-1 Transmittal to prospective bidders.
    Invitations for bids or presolicitation notices must be provided in accordance with 5.102. When a contracting office is located in the United States, any solicitation sent to a prospective bidder located outside the United States shall be s…
  • FAR 14.209 Cancellation of invitations before opening.
    …ropriate, assure prospective bidders that they will be given an opportunity to bid on any resolicitation of bids or any future requirements for the type of supplies or services involved. Cancellations shall be recorded in accordance with 14…
  • FAR 14.211 Release of acquisition information.
    …acquisitions shall not be released outside the Government before solicitation except for presolicitation notices in accordance with 14.205 or 36.213-2, or long-range acquisition estimates in accordance with 5.404, or synopses in accordance …
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …e, if award is to be made without discussions (see FAR 15.306(a)). (3) Contract award or resolicitation. (i) If the apparent successful offeror does not certify to the conditions, the contracting officer shall insert in the contract the ap…
  • FAR 22.1009-2 Attempt to identify possible places of performance.
    … via the Internet for lists of prospective offerors and contractors. (c) Responses to a presolicitation notice (see 5.204).
  • FAR 33.103 Protests to the agency.
    …e for acceptance of their offers, to extend the time for acceptance to avoid the need for resolicitation. In the event of failure to obtain such extension of offers, consideration should be given to proceeding with award pursuant to paragra…
  • FAR 33.104 Protests to GAO.
    …me for acceptance of their offer, to extend the time for acceptance to avoid the need for resolicitation. In the event of failure to obtain such extensions of offers, consideration should be given to proceeding under subparagraph (b)(1) of …
  • FAR 34.005-2 Mission-oriented solicitation.
    … would be beneficial and is not prohibited, foreign sources. (2) If appropriate, hold a presolicitation conference (see 15.201) and/or send copies of the proposed solicitation to all prospective offerors for their comments. After evaluatio…
  • FAR 36.213-3 Invitations for bids.
    …l send invitations for bids to prospective bidders who requested them in response to the presolicitation notice, and should send them to other prospective bidders upon their specific request (see 5.102(a)).

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