[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: 48CFR7.307]

[Page 115-116]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 7_ACQUISITION PLANNING--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 7.3_Contractor Versus Government Performance
 
Sec.  7.307  Appeals.

    (a) The Circular provides that each agency shall establish an 
appeals procedure for informal administrative review of the initial cost 
comparison result. The appeals procedure shall provide for an 
independent, objective review of the initial result by an official at a 
higher level than the official who approved that result. The purpose is 
to

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protect the rights of affected parties and to ensure that final agency 
determinations are fair, equitable, and in accordance with established 
policy.
    (b) The Circular provides that the appeals procedure shall be used 
only to resolve questions concerning the calculation of the cost 
comparison and shall not apply to questions concerning selection of one 
contractor in preference to another, which shall be treated as 
prescribed in subpart 33.1, Protests. Directly affected parties may 
request review of any discrepancy in the cost comparison. Any such 
requests shall be made in writing to the contracting officer, who shall 
forward them in accordance with agency procedures. Such requests shall 
be considered only if based on specific objections and received within 
the public review period stated in the solicitation.

[48 FR 42124, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 55 FR 25527, June 21, 1990; 
57 FR 60575, Dec. 21, 1992; 60 FR 34737, July 3, 1995; 62 FR 40236, July 
25, 1997]