[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 48CFR14.302]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 14_SEALED BIDDING--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 14.3_Submission of Bids
 
Sec.  14.302  Bid submission.

    (a) Bids shall be submitted so that they will be received in the 
office designated in the invitation for bids (referred to in paragraphs 
(b) and (c) below as the designated office) not later than the exact 
time set for opening of bids.
    (b) Except as specified in paragraph (c) below, if telegraphic bids 
are authorized, a telegraphic bid that is communicated by means of a 
telephone call to the designated office shall be considered if--
    (1) Agency regulations authorize such consideration;
    (2) The telephone call is made by the telegraph office that received 
the telegraphic bid;
    (3) The telephone call is received by the designated office not 
later than the time set for the bid opening;
    (4) The telegraph office that received the telegraphic bid sends the 
designated office the telegram that formed the basis for the telephone 
call;
    (5) The telegram indicates on its face that it was received in the 
telegraph office before the telephone call was received by the 
designated office; and
    (6) The bid in the telegram is identical in all essential respects 
to the bid received in the telephone call from the telegraph office.
    (c) If the conditions in paragraph (b) above apply and the bid 
received by telephone is the apparent low bid, award may not be made 
until the telegram is received by the designated office; however, if the 
telegram is not received by the designated office within 5 days after 
the bid opening date, the bid shall be rejected.