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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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28 sections with “responsive bid”

  • FAR 14.202-6 Final review of invitations for bids.
    … discrepancies or ambiguities that could limit competition or result in the receipt of nonresponsive bids. Contracting officers are responsible for the reviews.
  • FAR 14.301 Responsiveness of bids.
    (a) To be considered for award, a bid must comply in all material respects with the invitation for bids. Such compliance enables bidders to stand on an equal footing and maintain the integrity of the sealed bidding system. (b) Facsimile bi…
  • FAR 14.202-4 Bid samples.
    …pecification or purchase description. (2) Bid samples will be used only to determine the responsiveness of the bid and will not be used to determine a bidder's ability to produce the required items. (3) Bid samples may be examined for any…
  • FAR 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening.
    … have been opened, award must be made to that responsible bidder who submitted the lowest responsive bid, unless there is a compelling reason to reject all bids and cancel the invitation. (2) Every effort shall be made to anticipate change…
  • FAR 28.101-3 Authority of an attorney-in-fact for a bid bond.
    …to provide a signed and dated power of attorney at the time of bid opening as a matter of responsiveness; and (2) Treat questions regarding the authenticity and enforceability of the power of attorney at the time of bid opening as a matter…
  • FAR 52.214-10 Contract Award—Sealed Bidding.
    …ntract without further action by either party. (e) The Government may reject a bid as nonresponsive if the prices bid are materially unbalanced between line items or subline items. A bid is materially unbalanced when it is based on prices …
  • FAR 52.214-19 Contract Award—Sealed Bidding—Construction.
    …ive limitation in the solicitation or the bid. (d) The Government may reject a bid as nonresponsive if the prices bid are materially unbalanced between line items or subline items. A bid is materially unbalanced when it is based on prices …
  • FAR 32.502-1 Use of customary progress payments.
    …and contracts, in accordance with this subpart. The contracting officer must reject as nonresponsive bids conditioned on progress payments when the solicitation did not provide for progress payments.
  • FAR 14.404-4 Restrictions on disclosure of descriptive literature.
    … prevents the public disclosure of such literature, the restriction may render the bid nonresponsive. The restriction renders the bid nonresponsive if it prohibits the disclosure of sufficient information to permit competing bidders to know…
  • FAR 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award.
    …rd. The authority to permit correction of bids is limited to bids that, as submitted, are responsive to the invitation and may not be used to permit correction of bids to make them responsive. This authority is in addition to that in 14.407…
  • FAR 14.408-4 Economic price adjustment.
    …d economic price adjustment provisions of the invitation, the bid shall be rejected as nonresponsive. (3) When a bid indicates deletion of the economic price adjustment clause, the bid shall be rejected as nonresponsive since the downward …
  • FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.
    …Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern. (End of clause) Alternate…
  • FAR 52.225-12 Notice of Buy American Requirement—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …n construction material for which an exception was requested— (i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or (ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations. (End of provision) Alternate…
  • FAR 52.225-24 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …n construction material for which an exception was requested— (i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or (ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations. (End of provision) Alternate…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    …rts as the point to which delivery will be made by the Contractor may render the offer nonresponsive. [Offerors insert at least one of the ports listed in paragraph (d) below.] (d) Ports of loading for evaluation of offers. Terminals to b…
  • FAR 11.403 Supplies or services.
    …han the delivery date required by the invitation for bids, the bid shall be considered nonresponsive and rejected. If award is made, the delivery date will be the number of days offered in the bid after the contractor actually receives the …
  • FAR 14.103-2 Limitations.
    …have been met; and (d) An award is made to the responsible bidder (see 9.1) whose bid is responsive to the terms of the invitation for bids and is most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and the price-related factors in…
  • FAR 14.404-5 All or none qualifications.
    Unless the solicitation provides otherwise, a bid may be responsive notwithstanding that the bidder specifies that award will be accepted only on all, or a specified group, of the items. Bidders shall not be permitted to withdraw or modify …
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    …irements or specifications of, the request for technical proposals shall be considered nonresponsive and categorized as unacceptable. (f)(1) The contracting officer may proceed directly with step two if there are sufficient acceptable prop…
  • FAR 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    …within the time allotted, the bidder shall be ineligible for award. If the plan, although responsive, evidences the bidder's intention not to comply with its obligations under the clause at 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, …
  • FAR 50.102-3 Limitations on exercise of authority.
    …g shall not increase the original contract price to an amount higher than the next lowest responsive offer of a responsible offeror. (f) No executive department or agency shall exercise the indemnification authority granted under paragraph…
  • FAR 52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal.
    … not comply with the line items specified in this solicitation may be determined to be nonresponsive or unacceptable. (End of provision)
  • FAR 52.219-7 Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside.
    …eived from concerns that do not qualify as small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and shall be rejected on the set-aside portion of the requirement. (2) Small business concerns may submit offers and compete for the non-s…
  • FAR 52.225-10 Notice of Buy American Requirement—Construction Materials.
    …n construction material for which an exception was requested— (i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or (ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations. (End of provision) Alternate…
  • FAR 52.225-22 Notice of Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods—Buy American Statute—Construction Materials.
    …n construction material for which an exception was requested— (i) Will be rejected as nonresponsive if this acquisition is conducted by sealed bidding; or (ii) May be accepted if revised during negotiations. (End of provision) Alternate…
  • FAR 52.232-14 Notice of Availability of Progress Payments Exclusively for Small Business Concerns.
    …n inclusion of a progress payment clause in the resulting contract will be rejected as nonresponsive if the bidder is not a small business concern. (End of provision)
  • FAR 52.232-15 Progress Payments Not Included.
    …n inclusion of a progress payment clause in the resulting contract will be rejected as nonresponsive. (End of provision)
  • DFARS 252.236-7007 Additive or deductive items.
    …ror's price for the combination to be awarded is less than the price offered by any other responsive, responsible offeror. (c) Example. The amount available is $100,000. Offeror A's base bid and four additives (in the order stated in the l…

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