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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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35 sections with “source selection plan”

  • FAR 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
    …section, no person or other entity may disclose contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information to any person other than a person authorized, in accordance with applicable agency regulations or procedures, by the agen…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …s, originally provided for guidance only, shall become mandatory. (b) Plan of action—(1) Sources. (i) Indicate the prospective sources of supplies or services that can meet the need. (ii) Consider required sources of supplies or services …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …es the description of requirements to satisfy agency needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of contracts, contract financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly …
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …that— (A) The orders expected under the BPA are so integrally related that only a single source can reasonably perform the work; (B) The BPA provides only for firm-fixed priced orders for— (1) Products with unit prices established in the…
  • FAR 15.303 Responsibilities.
    (a) Agency heads are responsible for source selection. The contracting officer is designated as the source selection authority, unless the agency head appoints another individual for a particular acquisition or group of acquisitions. (b) T…
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …ors must— (1) Represent the key areas of importance and emphasis to be considered in the source selection decision; and (2) Support meaningful comparison and discrimination between and among competing proposals. (c) The evaluation factor…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …lity to perform the contract successfully. The currency and relevance of the information, source of the information, context of the data, and general trends in contractor's performance shall be considered. This comparative assessment of pas…
  • FAR 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts.
    …s under a single solicitation for the same or similar supplies or services to two or more sources. (ii)(A) The contracting officer must determine whether multiple awards are appropriate as part of acquisition planning. The contracting offi…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …criteria at 15.101-2(c)(1)-(5) are met when using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process; and (G) Except for DoD, avoid using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process to acquire certain sup…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …urse of trade between buyers and sellers free to bargain, which can be substantiated from sources independent of the manufacturer or contractor. (iii) The contractor will use the same compensation (wage and fringe benefits) plan for all se…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    …a) The submission and subsequent evaluation of an inordinate number of R&D proposals from sources lacking appropriate qualifications is costly and time-consuming to both industry and the Government. Therefore, contracting officers should in…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …duals working at these sites or facilities. (2) Establish and maintain a current list of sources for minority and female recruitment. Provide written notification to minority and female recruitment sources and community organizations when …
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …or upgrades. (vi) Use of build-to-print approaches to enable production through multiple sources. (vii) Acquisition of complete technical data packages. (viii) Periodic competitions for subsystem upgrades. (ix) Licensing of additional s…
  • DFARS 215.303 Responsibilities.
    …(2) For high-dollar value and other acquisitions, as prescribed by agency procedures, the source selection authority shall approve a source selection plan before the solicitation is issued. Follow the procedures at PGI 215.303(b)(2) for pre…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …ss Subcontracting Plan, other than those based on the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2), the extent of participation of small businesses (to include service-disabled veteran-owned small business…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    … justification and adequate cost or price analysis, as applicable, for any sole or single source award; (10) Perform timely and adequate cost or price analysis and technical evaluation for each subcontractor and supplier proposal or quote …
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …Explaining the absence of competition (see 13.106-1 for brand name purchases) if only one source is solicited and the acquisition does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (does not apply to an acquisition of utility services ava…
  • FAR 15.102 Oral presentations.
    …entations as a substitute for portions of a proposal can be effective in streamlining the source selection process. Oral presentations may occur at any time in the acquisition process, and are subject to the same restrictions as written inf…
  • FAR 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …C) How the Government will manage and mitigate the risks. (iii) Discuss the Government resources necessary to properly plan for, award, and administer the contract type selected (e.g., resources needed and the additional risks to the Gover…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …valuations may be used to support future award decisions, and should therefore be marked “Source Selection Information”. Evaluation of Federal Prison Industries (FPI) performance may be used to support a waiver request (see 8.604) when FPI …
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …oposed acquisition as required by part 5 or a reference to the synopsis. (5) The list of sources solicited, and a list of any firms or persons whose requests for copies of the solicitation were denied, together with the reasons for denial.…
  • FAR 7.503 Policy.
    …nditions deemed appropriate by the agency); (ii) Participating as a voting member on any source selection boards; (iii) Approving any contractual documents, to include documents defining requirements, incentive plans, and evaluation crite…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …n the proposal(s) in order to determine the need for and reasonableness of the proposed resources, assuming reasonable economy and efficiency. (2) At a minimum, the technical analysis should examine the types and quantities of material pro…
  • FAR 42.1501 General.
    …ion (including the ratings and supporting narratives) is relevant information, for future source selection purposes, regarding a contractor's actions under previously awarded contracts or orders. It includes, for example, the contractor's r…
  • FAR 49.202 Profit.
    …facilities, and manpower; and (iv) Disposition of termination inventory; (4) Amount and source of capital and extent of risk assumed; (5) Inventive and developmental contributions, and cooperation with the Government and other contractor…
  • FAR 14.211 Release of acquisition information.
    …given unfair advantage over another. See 3.104 regarding requirements for proprietary and source selection information including access to and disclosure thereof. (b) After solicitation. Discussions with prospective bidders regarding a sol…
  • FAR 17.106-1 General.
    …able contract. (f) Presolicitation or pre-bid conferences. To ensure that all interested sources of supply are thoroughly aware of how multiyear contracting is accomplished, use of presolicitation or pre-bid conferences may be advisable. …
  • FAR 19.803 Selecting acquisitions for the 8(a) program.
    …ation as to the bonding capability of the participant(s); and (4) Either— (i) If a sole source request— (A) The reasons why the participant is considered suitable for this particular acquisition; e.g., previous contracts for the same or …
  • FAR 35.009 Subcontracting research and development effort.
    …ection of R&D contractors is substantially based on the best scientific and technological sources, it is important that the contractor not subcontract technical or scientific work without the contracting officer's advance knowledge. During …
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    …hreshold when such evaluations would produce more useful past performance information for source selection officials than that contained in the overall contract evaluation (e.g., when the scope of the basic contract is very broad and the na…
  • FAR 44.202-2 Considerations.
    …for special test equipment, equipment or real property that are available from Government sources? (3) Is the selection of the particular supplies, equipment, or services technically justified? (4) Has the contractor complied with the pri…
  • DFARS 225.7304 FMS customer involvement.
    … in accordance with subpart 201.4. (f) Do not accept directions from the FMS customer on source selection decisions or contract terms (except that, upon timely notice, the contracting officer may attempt to obtain any special contract prov…
  • DFARS 226.7104 Other considerations.
    …t under a base closure law, contracting officers shall consider including, as a factor in source selection, the extent to which offerors specifically identify and commit, in their proposals, to a plan to hire residents of the vicinity of th…
  • DFARS 237.270 Acquisition of audit services.
    ….101-2-70(b)(3) for the prohibition on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process when acquiring audit services. (3) See PGI 237.270 for a list of DoD publications that govern the conduct of audits. (b) Co…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    …stration activities. (f) Mitigating the risk of deficiencies on specific proposals. (1) Source selection evaluation teams shall discuss identified deficiencies and their impact in all reports on contractor proposals until the deficiencies…

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.