[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: 48CFR15.303]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 15_CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 15.3_Source Selection
 
Sec.  15.303  Responsibilities.

    (a) Agency heads are responsible for source selection. The 
contracting officer is designated as the source selection authority, 
unless the agency head appoints another individual for a particular 
acquisition or group of acquisitions.
    (b) The source selection authority shall--
    (1) Establish an evaluation team, tailored for the particular 
acquisition, that includes appropriate contracting, legal, logistics, 
technical, and other expertise to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of 
offers;
    (2) Approve the source selection strategy or acquisition plan, if 
applicable, before solicitation release;
    (3) Ensure consistency among the solicitation requirements, notices 
to offerors, proposal preparation instructions, evaluation factors and 
subfactors, solicitation provisions or contract clauses, and data 
requirements;
    (4) Ensure that proposals are evaluated based solely on the factors 
and subfactors contained in the solicitation (10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(1) and 
41 U.S.C. 253b(d)(3));
    (5) Consider the recommendations of advisory boards or panels (if 
any); and

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    (6) Select the source or sources whose proposal is the best value to 
the Government (10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(4)(B) and 41 U.S.C. 253b(d)(3)).
    (c) The contracting officer shall--
    (1) After release of a solicitation, serve as the focal point for 
inquiries from actual or prospective offerors;
    (2) After receipt of proposals, control exchanges with offerors in 
accordance with 15.306; and
    (3) Award the contract(s).