[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: 48CFR15.000] [Page 252-253] TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION PART 15_CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents Sec. 15.000 Scope of part. Sec. 15.000 Scope of part. 15.001 Definitions. 15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition. Subpart 15.1_Source Selection Processes and Techniques 15.100 Scope of subpart. 15.101 Best value continuum. 15.101-1 Tradeoff process. 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process. 15.102 Oral presentations. Subpart 15.2_Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information 15.200 Scope of subpart. 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals. 15.202 Advisory multi-step process. 15.203 Requests for proposals. 15.204 Contract format. 15.204-1 Uniform contract format. Table 15-1--Uniform Contract Format 15.204-2 Part I--The Schedule. 15.204-3 Part II--Contract Clauses. 15.204-4 Part III--List of Documents, Exhibits, and Other Attachments. 15.204-5 Part IV--Representations and Instructions. 15.205 Issuing solicitations. 15.206 Amending the solicitation. 15.207 Handling proposals and information. 15.208 Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals. 15.209 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. 15.210 Forms. Subpart 15.3_Source Selection 15.300 Scope of subpart. 15.301 [Reserved] 15.302 Source selection objective. 15.303 Responsibilities. 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors. 15.305 Proposal evaluation. 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals. 15.307 Proposal revisions. 15.308 Source selection decision. Subpart 15.4_Contract Pricing 15.400 Scope of subpart. 15.401 Definitions. 15.402 Pricing policy. 15.403 Obtaining cost or pricing data. 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. 2306a and 41 U.S.C. 254b). 15.403-2 Other circumstances where cost or pricing data are not required. 15.403-3 Requiring information other than cost or pricing data. 15.403-4 Requiring cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. 2306a and 41 U.S.C. 254b). 15.403-5 Instructions for submission of cost or pricing data or information other than cost or pricing data. 15.404 Proposal analysis. 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques. 15.404-2 Information to support proposal analysis. 15.404-3 Subcontract pricing considerations. 15.404-4 Profit. 15.405 Price negotiation. 15.406 Documentation. [[Page 253]] 15.406-1 Prenegotiation objectives. 15.406-2 Certificate of current cost or pricing data. 15.406-3 Documenting the negotiation. 15.407 Special cost or pricing areas. 15.407-1 Defective cost or pricing data. 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs. 15.407-3 Forward pricing rate agreements. 15.407-4 Should-cost review. 15.407-5 Estimating systems. 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses. Subpart 15.5_Preaward, Award, and Postaward Notifications, Protests, and Mistakes 15.501 Definition. 15.502 Applicability. 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors. 15.504 Award to successful offeror. 15.505 Preaward debriefing of offerors. 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors. 15.507 Protests against award. 15.508 Discovery of mistakes. 15.509 Forms. Subpart 15.6_Unsolicited Proposals 15.600 Scope of subpart. 15.601 Definitions. 15.602 Policy. 15.603 General. 15.604 Agency points of contact. 15.605 Content of unsolicited proposals. 15.606 Agency procedures. 15.606-1 Receipt and initial review. 15.606-2 Evaluation. 15.607 Criteria for acceptance and negotiation of an unsolicited proposal. 15.608 Prohibitions. 15.609 Limited use of data. Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c). Source: 62 FR 51230, Sept. 30, 1997, unless otherwise noted. This part prescribes policies and procedures governing competitive and noncompetitive negotiated acquisitions. A contract awarded using other than sealed bidding procedures is a negotiated contract (see 14.101).