[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: 48CFR17.206]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 17_SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 17.2_Options
 
Sec.  17.206  Evaluation.

    (a) In awarding the basic contract, the contracting officer shall, 
except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, evaluate offers for 
any option quantities or periods contained in a solicitation when it has 
been determined prior to soliciting offers that the Government is likely 
to exercise the options. (See 17.208.)
    (b) The contracting officer need not evaluate offers for any option 
quantities when it is determined that evaluation would not be in the 
best interests of the Government and this determination is approved at a 
level above the contracting officer. An example of a circumstance that 
may support a determination not to evaluate offers for option quantities 
is when there is a reasonable certainty that funds will be unavailable 
to permit exercise of the option.

[53 FR 17858, May 18, 1988]