[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR12.205]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 12_ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart 12.2_Special Requirements for the Acquisition of Commercial 

                                  Items

 

Sec. 12.205  Offers.



    (a) Where technical information is necessary for evaluation of 

offers, agencies should, as part of market research, review existing 

product literature generally available in the industry to determine its 

adequacy for purposes of evaluation. If adequate, contracting officers 

shall request existing product literature from offerors of commercial 

items in lieu of unique technical proposals.

    (b) Contracting officers should allow offerors to propose more than 

one product that will meet a Government need in response to 

solicitations for commercial items. The contracting officer shall 

evaluate each product as a separate offer.

    (c) Consistent with the requirements at 5.203(b), the contracting 

officer may allow fewer than 30 days response time for receipt of offers 

for commercial items, unless the acquisition is covered by the World 

Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement or a Free Trade 

Agreement (see 5.203(h)).



[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 264, Jan. 2, 1997; 64 

FR 72418, Dec. 27, 1999; 69 FR 1053, Jan. 7, 2004; 69 FR 77872, Dec. 28, 

2004]