[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: 48CFR25.501]

[Page 476]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 25_FOREIGN ACQUISITION--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart 25.5_Evaluating Foreign Offers_Supply Contracts
 
Sec.  25.501  General.


    The contracting officer--
    (a) Must apply the evaluation procedures of this subpart to each 
line item of an offer unless either the offer or the solicitation 
specifies evaluation on a group basis (see 25.503);
    (b) May rely on the offeror's certification of end product origin 
when evaluating a foreign offer;
    (c) Must identify and reject offers of end products that are 
prohibited or sanctioned in accordance with Subparts 25.6 and 25.7; and
    (d) Must not use the Buy American Act evaluation factors prescribed 
in this subpart to provide a preference for one foreign offer over 
another foreign offer.

[64 FR 72419, Dec. 27, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 21535, Apr. 30, 2002]