[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: 48CFR9.206-3]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 9_CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 9.2_Qualifications Requirements
 
Sec.  9.206-3  Competition.

    (a) Presolicitation. If a qualification requirement applies to an 
acquisition, the contracting officer shall review the applicable QPL, 
QML, or QBL or other identification of those sources which have met the 
requirement before issuing a solicitation to ascertain whether the 
number of sources is adequate for competition. (See 9.204(a) for duties 
of the agency activity responsible for establishment of the 
qualification requirement.) If the number of sources is inadequate, the 
contracting officer shall request the agency activity which established 
the requirement to--
    (1) Indicate the anticipated date on which any sources presently 
undergoing evaluation will have demonstrated their abilities to meet the 
qualification requirement so that the solicitation could be rescheduled 
to allow as many additional sources as possible to qualify; or
    (2) Indicate whether a means other than the qualification 
requirement is feasible for testing or demonstrating quality assurance.
    (b) Postsolicitation. The contracting officer shall submit to the 
agency activity which established the qualification requirement the 
names and addresses of concerns which expressed interest in the 
acquisition but are not included on the applicable QPL, QML, or QBL or 
identified as meeting the qualification requirement. The activity will 
then assist interested concerns in meeting the standards specified for 
qualification (see 9.202(a) (2) and (4)).

[50 FR 35476, Aug. 30, 1985, as amended at 60 FR 34737, July 3, 1995]