[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: 48CFR15.207]



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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. 15.207  Handling proposals and information.



    (a) Upon receipt at the location specified in the solicitation, 

proposals and information received in response to a request for 

information (RFI) shall be marked with the date and time of receipt and 

shall be transmitted to the designated officials.

    (b) Proposals shall be safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure 

throughout the source selection process. (See 3.104 regarding the 

disclosure of source selection information (41 U.S.C. 423)). Information 

received in response to an RFI shall be safeguarded adequately from 

unauthorized disclosure.

    (c) If any portion of a proposal received by the contracting officer 

electronically or by facsimile is unreadable, the contracting officer 

immediately shall notify the offeror and permit the offeror to resubmit 

the unreadable portion of the proposal. The method and time for 

resubmission shall be prescribed by the contracting officer after 

consultation with the offeror, and documented in the file. The 

resubmission shall be considered as if it were received at the date and 

time of the original unreadable submission for the purpose of 

determining timeliness under 15.208(a), provided the offeror complies 

with the time and format requirements for resubmission prescribed by the 

contracting officer.