[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: 48CFR3.103-1]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 3_IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart 3.1_Safeguards
 
Sec.  3.103-1  Solicitation provision.

    The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.203-2, 
Certificate of Independent Price Determination, in solicitations when a 
firm-fixed-price contract or fixed-price contract with economic price 
adjustment is contemplated, unless--
    (a) The acquisition is to be made under the simplified acquisition 
procedures in part 13;
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) The solicitation is a request for technical proposals under two-
step sealed bidding procedures; or
    (d) The solicitation is for utility services for which rates are set 
by law or regulation.

[48 FR 42108, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1727, Jan. 11, 1985; 
50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 55 FR 25526, June 21, 1990; 60 FR 34744, 
July 3, 1995]