[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: 48CFR24.202]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 24_PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 24.2_Freedom of Information Act
 
Sec.  24.202  Prohibitions.

    (a) A proposal in the possession or control of the Government, 
submitted in response to a competitive solicitation, shall not be made 
available to any person under the Freedom of Information Act. This 
prohibition does not apply to a proposal, or any part of a proposal, 
that is set forth or incorporated by reference in a contract between the 
Government and the contractor that submitted the proposal. (See 10 
U.S.C. 2305(g) and 41 U.S.C. 253b(m).)
    (b) No agency shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to 
15.403-3(b) that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act. (See 10 U.S.C. 2306a(d)(2)(C) and 41 U.S.C. 
254b(d)(2)(C).)
    (c) A dispute resolution communication that is between a neutral 
person and a party to alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and 
that may not

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be disclosed under 5 U.S.C. 574, is exempt from disclosure under the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3)).

[62 FR 257, Jan. 2, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 
FR 58594, Oct. 30, 1998; 68 FR 56689, Oct. 1, 2003]