SpendQueryBeta

48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

FAR and DFARS navigator

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

Ask the FAR

Try: · · ·

Clear

102 sections with “successful offeror”: the first 40

  • FAR 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    …res in 19.1505. (ii) The notice shall state— (A) The name and address of the apparently successful offeror; (B) That the Government will not consider subsequent revisions of the offeror's proposal; and (C) That no response is required u…
  • FAR 15.504 Award to successful offeror.
    The contracting officer shall award a contract to the successful offeror by furnishing the executed contract or other notice of the award to that offeror. (a) If the award document includes information that is different than the latest sig…
  • DFARS 215.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
    If the Government exercises the authority provided in 239.7305(d), the notifications to unsuccessful offerors, either preaward or postaward, shall not reveal any information that is determined to be withheld from disclosure in accordance wi…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …ect the timeliness of any protest filed subsequent to the debriefing. (b) Debriefings of successful and unsuccessful offerors may be done orally, in writing, or by any other method acceptable to the contracting officer. (c) The contractin…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    … (3) It is the only proposal received. (B) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful proposal that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted. (iii) A…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ls, it was the only proposal received. (ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted. (3) Accep…
  • FAR 19.306 Protesting a firm's status as a HUBZone small business concern.
    …nts, SBA, the contracting officer, or any other interested party may protest the apparent successful offeror's certified HUBZone status (see 13 CFR 126.800). (2) The Director of SBA's Office of the HUBZone Program will determine whether th…
  • FAR 19.307 Protesting a firm's status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
    …cting officer, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or SBA may protest the apparently successful offeror's service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) status. For all other acquisitions, any interested party may protest the a…
  • FAR 19.308 Protesting a firm's status as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concern or women-owned small business concern eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
    …all other acquisitions, an interested party (see 13 CFR 127.102) may protest the apparent successful offeror's EDWOSB or WOSB status. (2) SBA's protest regulations are found in subpart F “Protests” at 13 CFR 127.600 through 127.605. (c) P…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …valent employees servicing the same equipment of commercial customers. (iv) The apparent successful offeror certifies to the conditions in paragraph (c)(2)(i) through (iii) of this subsection. (See 22.1006(e).) (3) Affirmative determinati…
  • FAR 32.1109 EFT information submitted by offerors.
    If offerors are required to submit EFT information prior to award, the successful offeror is not responsible for resubmitting this information after award of the contract except to make changes, or to place the information on invoices if re…
  • DFARS 215.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    (b) Notwithstanding FAR 15.506(b), when requested by a successful or unsuccessful offeror, a written or oral debriefing is required for contract awards valued at $15 million or more (section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for…
  • DFARS 252.215-7016 Notification to Offerors—Postaward Debriefings.
    …pon timely request, the Government will provide a written or oral postaward debriefing to successful or unsuccessful offerors for contract awards valued at $15 million or more, while protecting the confidential and proprietary information o…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …ated from consideration for award. Written notice of this decision shall be provided to unsuccessful offerors in accordance with 15.503. (4) Offerors excluded or otherwise eliminated from the competitive range may request a debriefing (see…
  • FAR 15.505 Preaward debriefing of offerors.
    … for each proposal. (b) The contracting officer shall make every effort to debrief the unsuccessful offeror as soon as practicable, but may refuse the request for a debriefing if, for compelling reasons, it is not in the best interests of …
  • FAR 17.802 Policy.
    …ct payment method, the reverse auction service provider adds a fee(s) to the price of the successful offer that is provided to the Government at the close of an auction. The Government then pays the successful offeror the total price of the…
  • FAR 19.805-2 Procedures.
    … in accordance with 19.804-3. (b) The SBA will determine the eligibility of the apparent successful offeror. Eligibility is based on section 8(a) program criteria (see 13 CFR 124.501(g) and 19.816(c)). For a two-step design-build procureme…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … a small business concern received a small business preference, upon determination of the successful subcontract offeror, prior to award of the subcontract the Contractor must inform each unsuccessful small business subcontract offeror in w…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    … assessment of the proposal and the offeror's ability to perform the prospective contract successfully. An agency shall evaluate competitive proposals and then assess their relative qualities solely on the factors and subfactors specified i…
  • FAR 19.302 Protesting a small business representation or rerepresentation.
    …r. (vi) Identification of the bid opening date or the date of notification provided to unsuccessful offerors. (vii) The date the contracting officer received the protest. (viii) A complete address and point of contact for the protested c…
  • FAR 19.702 Statutory requirements.
    …for construction) and that has subcontracting possibilities, shall require the apparently successful offeror to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan. If the apparently successful offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting plan acceptab…
  • FAR 32.1004 Procedures.
    …nce and shall be identified in the contract, along with a description of what constitutes successful performance of the event or attainment of the performance criterion. The signing of contracts or modifications, the exercise of options, th…
  • FAR 36.212 Preconstruction orientation.
    (a) The contracting officer will inform the successful offeror of significant matters of interest, including—(1) statutory matters such as labor standards (subpart 22.4), and subcontracting plan requirements (subpart 19.7); and (2) other ma…
  • FAR 52.211-8 Time of Delivery.
    …rovides that a written award or acceptance of offer mailed, or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror, results in a binding contract. The Government will mail or otherwise furnish to the offeror an award or notice of award not later …
  • FAR 52.211-9 Desired and Required Time of Delivery.
    …provides that a written award or acceptance of offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror results in a binding contract. The Government will mail or otherwise furnish to the offeror an award or notice of award not later t…
  • FAR 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data.
    … any other material to be delivered under this contract is hazardous. (d) The apparently successful offeror agrees to submit, for each item as required prior to award, a Material Safety Data Sheet, meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1…
  • DFARS 225.772-3 Procedures.
    … ensure that an entity identified in, or otherwise known to be involved in, the otherwise successful offer is not listed as ineligible in the SAM database (see FAR 9.405). (b) If an offeror discloses information in accordance with paragrap…
  • FAR 4.605 Procedures.
    …ier. The contracting officer shall identify and report a unique entity identifier for the successful offeror on a contract action. The unique entity identifier shall correspond to the successful offeror's name and address as stated in the o…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …d) and 8.405-4). After award, ordering activities should provide timely notification to unsuccessful offerors. If an unsuccessful offeror requests information on an award that was based on factors other than price alone, a brief explanation…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …d 8.405-4). (3) After award, ordering activities should provide timely notification to unsuccessful offerors. If an unsuccessful offeror requests information on an award that was based on factors other than price alone, a brief explanation…
  • FAR 15.507 Protests against award.
    …owing information will be provided to appropriate parties: (1) Information provided to unsuccessful offerors in any debriefings conducted on the original award regarding the successful offeror's proposal; and (2) Other nonproprietary info…
  • FAR 19.813 Protesting an 8(a) participant's eligibility or size status.
    …sted by another 8(a) participant or any other party. (c) The size status of the apparent successful offeror for competitive 8(a) awards may be protested. The filing of a size status protest is limited to— (1) Any offeror whom the contract…
  • FAR 19.1505 Set-aside procedures.
    …m consideration. (f) Prior to award, the contracting officer shall verify the apparently successful offeror is certified in SAM, or has a pending application for certification in DSBS. If the apparently successful offeror's EDWOSB or WOSB …
  • FAR 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement.
    …ragraphs (b) and (e) for paragraphs (b) and (e) of the basic provision. (b) The apparent successful offeror shall— (1) Negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreement with one or more labor organizations for the term of the resul…
  • DFARS 209.571-7 Systems engineering and technical assistance contracts.
    …because DoD needs the domain experience and expertise of the highly qualified, apparently successful offeror; and (ii) Based on the agreed-to resolution strategy, the apparently successful offeror will be able to provide objective and unbi…
  • DFARS 215.506-70 Opportunity for follow-up questions.
    When providing a required postaward debriefing to successful and unsuccessful offerors, contracting officers shall— (a) Provide an opportunity to submit additional written questions related to the required debriefing not later than 2 busin…
  • DFARS 217.7004 Solicitation and award.
    … may award on that basis and forgo the exchange. (c) Exchanges may be made only with the successful offeror. When the successful offer includes an exchange, award one contract for both the acquisition of the new property and the trade-in o…
  • DFARS 252.209-7008 Notice of Prohibition Relating to Organizational Conflict of Interest—Major Defense Acquisition Program.
    …ion of Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan in contract. If the apparently successful offeror submitted an acceptable Organizational Conflict of Interest Mitigation Plan, and the head of the contracting activity determines th…
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …e related abstract, and records of determinations concerning late offers or quotations. Unsuccessful offers or quotations may be maintained separately, if cross-referenced to the contract file. The only portions of the unsuccessful offer or…
  • FAR 9.504 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    …of interest exists. (e) The contracting officer shall award the contract to the apparent successful offeror unless a conflict of interest is determined to exist that cannot be avoided or mitigated. Before determining to withhold award base…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

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