[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: 48CFR15.002]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 15_CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 15.002  Types of negotiated acquisition.



    (a) Sole source acquisitions. When contracting in a sole source 

environment, the request for proposals (RFP) should be tailored to 

remove unnecessary information and requirements; e.g., evaluation 

criteria and voluminous proposal preparation instructions.

    (b) Competitive acquisitions. When contracting in a competitive 

environment, the procedures of this part are intended to minimize the 

complexity of the solicitation, the evaluation, and the source selection 

decision, while maintaining a process designed to foster an impartial 

and comprehensive evaluation of offerors' proposals, leading to 

selection of the proposal representing the best value to the Government 

(see 2.101).