[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: 48CFR5.301]

[Page 89]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 5_PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 5.3_Synopses of Contract Awards
 
Sec.  5.301  General.


    (a) Except for contract actions described in paragraph (b) of this 
section and as provided in 5.003, contracting officers must synopsize 
through the GPE awards exceeding $25,000 that are--
    (1) Subject to the Trade Agreements Act (see Subpart 25.4); or
    (2) Likely to result in the award of any subcontracts. However, the 
dollar threshold is not a prohibition against publicizing an award of a 
smaller amount when publicizing would be advantageous to industry or to 
the Government.
    (b) A notice is not required under paragraph (a) of this section 
if--
    (1) The notice would disclose the executive agency's needs and the 
disclosure of such needs would compromise the national security;
    (2) The award results from acceptance of an unsolicited research 
proposal that demonstrates a unique and innovative research concept and 
publication of any notice would disclose the originality of thought or 
innovativeness of the proposed research or would disclose proprietary 
information associated with the proposal;
    (3) The award results from a proposal submitted under the Small 
Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-219);
    (4) The contract action is an order placed under Subpart 16.5;
    (5) The award is made for perishable subsistence supplies;
    (6) The award is for utility services, other than telecommunications 
services, and only one source is available;
    (7) The contract action--
    (i) Is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition 
threshold;
    (ii) Was made through a means where access to the notice of proposed 
contract action was provided through the GPE; and
    (iii) Permitted the public to respond to the solicitation 
electronically; or
    (8) The award is for the services of an expert to support the 
Federal Government in any current or anticipated litigation or dispute 
pursuant to the exception to full and open competition authorized at 
6.302-3.
    (c) With respect to acquisitions subject to the Trade Agreements 
Act, contracting officers must submit synopses in sufficient time to 
permit their publication in the GPE not later than 60 days after award.

[52 FR 19802, May 27, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 27463, July 20, 1988; 60 
FR 34747, July 3, 1995; 60 FR 42653, Aug. 16, 1995; 60 FR 49725, Sept. 
26, 1995; 63 FR 58593, Oct. 30, 1998; 64 FR 72418, Dec. 27, 1999; 66 FR 
27412, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 2003]