[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: 48CFR15.206]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 15_CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart 15.2_Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information

 

Sec. 15.206  Amending the solicitation.



    (a) When, either before or after receipt of proposals, the 

Government changes its requirements or terms and conditions, the 

contracting officer shall amend the solicitation.

    (b) Amendments issued before the established time and date for 

receipt of



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proposals shall be issued to all parties receiving the solicitation.

    (c) Amendments issued after the established time and date for 

receipt of proposals shall be issued to all offerors that have not been 

eliminated from the competition.

    (d) If a proposal of interest to the Government involves a departure 

from the stated requirements, the contracting officer shall amend the 

solicitation, provided this can be done without revealing to the other 

offerors the alternate solution proposed or any other information that 

is entitled to protection (see 15.207(b) and 15.306(e)).

    (e) If, in the judgment of the contracting officer, based on market 

research or otherwise, an amendment proposed for issuance after offers 

have been received is so substantial as to exceed what prospective 

offerors reasonably could have anticipated, so that additional sources 

likely would have submitted offers had the substance of the amendment 

been known to them, the contracting officer shall cancel the original 

solicitation and issue a new one, regardless of the stage of the 

acquisition.

    (f) Oral notices may be used when time is of the essence. The 

contracting officer shall document the contract file and formalize the 

notice with an amendment (see subpart 4.5, Electronic Commerce in 

Contracting).

    (g) At a minimum, the following information should be included in 

each amendment:

    (1) Name and address of issuing activity.

    (2) Solicitation number and date.

    (3) Amendment number and date.

    (4) Number of pages.

    (5) Description of the change being made.

    (6) Government point of contact and phone number (and electronic or 

facsimile address, if appropriate).

    (7) Revision to solicitation closing date, if applicable.