[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: 48CFR14.402-1]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 14_SEALED BIDDING--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart 14.4_Opening of Bids and Award of Contract

 

Sec. 14.402-1  Unclassified bids.



    (a) The bid opening officer shall decide when the time set for 

opening bids has arrived and shall inform those present of that 

decision. The officer shall then (1) personally and publicly open all 

bids received before that time, (2) if practical, read the bids aloud to 

the persons present, and (3) have the bids recorded. The original of 

each bid shall be carefully safeguarded, particularly until the abstract 

of bids required by 14.403 has been made and its accuracy verified.

    (b) Performance of the procedure in paragraph (a) above may be 

delegated to an assistant, but the bid opening officer remains fully 

responsible for the actions of the assistant.

    (c) Examination of bids by interested persons shall be permitted if 

it does not interfere unduly with the conduct of Government business. 

Original bids shall not be allowed to pass out of the hands of a 

Government official unless a duplicate bid is not available for public 

inspection. The original bid may be examined by the public only under 

the immediate supervision of a Government official and under conditions 

that preclude possibility of a substitution, addition, deletion, or 

alteration in the bid.