[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: 48CFR25.503]

[Page 477]
 
            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.  25.503  Group offers.

    (a) If the solicitation or an offer specifies that award can be made 
only on a group of line items or on all line items contained in the 
solicitation or offer, reject the offer--
    (1) If any part of the award would consist of sanctioned or 
prohibited end products (see Subparts 25.6 and 25.7); or
    (2) If the Trade Agreements Act applies and any part of the offer 
consists of items restricted in accordance with 25.403(c).
    (b) If an offer restricts award to a group of line items or to all 
line items contained in the offer, determine for each line item whether 
to apply an evaluation factor (see 25.504-4, Example 1).
    (1) First, evaluate offers that do not specify an award restriction 
on a line item basis in accordance with 25.502, determining a tentative 
award pattern by selecting for each line item the offer with the lowest 
evaluated price.
    (2) Evaluate an offer that specifies an award restriction against 
the offered prices of the tentative award pattern, applying the 
appropriate evaluation factor on a line item basis.
    (3) Compute the total evaluated price for the tentative award 
pattern and the offer that specified an award restriction.
    (4) Unless the total evaluated price of the offer that specified an 
award restriction is less than the total evaluated price of the 
tentative award pattern, award based on the tentative award pattern.
    (c) If the solicitation specifies that award will be made only on a 
group of line items or all line items contained in the solicitation, 
determine the category of end products on the basis of each line item, 
but determine whether to apply an evaluation factor on the basis of the 
group of items (see 25.504-4, Example 2).
    (1) If the proposed price of domestic end products exceeds 50 
percent of the total proposed price of the group, evaluate the entire 
group as a domestic offer. Evaluate all other groups as foreign offers.
    (2) For foreign offers, if the proposed price of domestic end 
products and eligible products exceeds 50 percent of the total proposed 
price of the group, evaluate the entire group as an eligible offer.
    (3) Apply the evaluation factor to the entire group in accordance 
with 25.502.