[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: 48CFR14.402-1]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 14_SEALED BIDDING--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart 14.4_Opening of Bids and Award of Contract
 
Sec.  14.402-1  Unclassified bids.

    (a) The bid opening officer shall decide when the time set for 
opening bids has arrived and shall inform those present of that 
decision. The officer shall then (1) personally and publicly open all 
bids received before that time, (2) if practical, read the bids aloud to 
the persons present, and (3) have the bids recorded. The original of 
each bid shall be carefully safeguarded, particularly until the abstract 
of bids required by 14.403 has been made and its accuracy verified.
    (b) Performance of the procedure in paragraph (a) above may be 
delegated to an assistant, but the bid opening officer remains fully 
responsible for the actions of the assistant.
    (c) Examination of bids by interested persons shall be permitted if 
it does not interfere unduly with the conduct of Government business. 
Original bids shall not be allowed to pass out of the hands of a 
Government official unless a duplicate bid is not available for public 
inspection. The original bid may be examined by the public only under 
the immediate supervision of a Government official and under conditions 
that preclude possibility of a substitution, addition, deletion, or 
alteration in the bid.