[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: 48CFR34.005-1]

[Page 699]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 34_MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 34.0_General
 
Sec.  34.005-1  Competition.

    (a) The program manager shall, throughout the acquisition process, 
promote full and open competition and sustain effective competition 
between alternative major system concepts and sources, as long as it is 
economically beneficial and practicable to do so. Notice of the proposed 
acquisition shall be given the broadest and most effective circulation 
practicable throughout the business, academic, and Government 
communities. Foreign contractors, technology, and equipment may be 
considered when it is feasible and permissible to do so.
    (b) The contracting officer should time solicitation issuance and 
contract award to maintain continuity of concept development during the 
transition from withdrawing concept proposer to new contractor.

[48 FR 42351, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1744, Jan. 11, 1985; 
50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985]