[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR12.205]

[Page 186]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 12_ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 12.2_Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial 
                                  Items
 
Sec.  12.205  Offers.

    (a) Where technical information is necessary for evaluation of 
offers, agencies should, as part of market research, review existing 
product literature generally available in the industry to determine its 
adequacy for purposes of evaluation. If adequate, contracting officers 
shall request existing product literature from offerors of commercial 
items in lieu of unique technical proposals.
    (b) Contracting officers should allow offerors to propose more than 
one product that will meet a Government need in response to 
solicitations for commercial items. The contracting officer shall 
evaluate each product as a separate offer.
    (c) Consistent with the requirements at 5.203(b), the contracting 
officer may allow fewer than 30 days response time for receipt of offers 
for commercial items, unless the acquisition is subject to NAFTA or the 
Trade Agreements Act (see 5.203(h)).

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 264, Jan. 2, 1997; 64 
FR 72418, Dec. 27, 1999]