[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: 48CFR14.201-8]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 14_SEALED BIDDING--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 14.2_Solicitation of Bids
 
Sec.  14.201-8  Price-related factors.

    The factors set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) below may be 
applicable in evaluation of bids for award and shall be included in the 
solicitation when applicable. (See 14.201-5(c).)
    (a) Foreseeable costs or delays to the Government resulting from 
such factors as differences in inspection, locations of supplies, and 
transportation. If bids are on an f.o.b. origin basis (see 47.303 and 
47.305), transportation costs to the designated points shall be 
considered in determining the lowest cost to the Government.
    (b) Changes made, or requested by the bidder, in any of the 
provisions of the invitation for bids, if the change does not constitute 
a ground for rejection under 14.404.
    (c) Advantages or disadvantages to the Government that might result 
from making more than one award (see 14.201-6(q)). The contracting 
officer shall assume, for the purpose of making multiple awards, that 
$500 would be the administrative cost to the Government for issuing and 
administering each contract awarded under a solicitation. Individual 
awards shall be for the items or combinations of items that result in 
the lowest aggregate cost to the Government, including the assumed 
administrative costs.
    (d) Federal, State, and local taxes (see part 29).
    (e) Origin of supplies, and, if foreign, the application of the Buy 
American Act or any other prohibition on foreign purchases (see part 
25).

[50 FR 1738, Jan. 11, 1985, and 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 55 FR 25527, 
June 21, 1990]