[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: 48CFR9.205]

[Page 145-146]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 9_CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 9.2_Qualifications Requirements
 
Sec.  9.205  Opportunity for qualification before award.

    (a) If an agency determines that a qualification requirement is 
necessary, the agency activity responsible for establishing the 
requirement must urge manufacturers and other potential sources to 
demonstrate their ability to

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meet the standards specified for qualification and, when possible, give 
sufficient time to arrange for qualification before award. The 
responsible agency activity must, before establishing any qualification 
requirement, furnish notice through the GPE. The notice must include--
    (1) Intent to establish a qualification requirement;
    (2) The specification number and name of the product;
    (3) The name and address of the activity to which a request for the 
information and opportunity described in 9.202(a)(2) should be 
submitted;
    (4) The anticipated date that the agency will begin awarding 
contracts subject to the qualification requirement;
    (5) A precautionary notice that when a product is submitted for 
qualification testing, the applicant must furnish any specific 
information that may be requested of the manufacturer before testing 
will begin; and
    (6) The approximate time period following submission of a product 
for qualification testing within which the applicant will be notified 
whether the product passed or failed the qualification testing (see 
9.202(a)(4)).
    (b) The activity responsible for establishing a qualification 
requirement must keep any list maintained of those already qualified 
open for inclusion of additional products, manufacturers, or other 
potential sources, including eligible products from designated countries 
under the terms of the Trade Agreements Act (see Subpart 25.4).

[50 FR 35476, Aug. 30, 1985, as amended at 64 FR 72418, Dec. 27, 1999; 
66 FR 27413, May 16, 2001; 68 FR 56679, Oct. 1, 2003]