[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: 48CFR15.308]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 15_CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart 15.3_Source Selection

 

Sec. 15.308  Source selection decision.



    The source selection authority's (SSA) decision shall be based on a 

comparative assessment of proposals against all source selection 

criteria in the solicitation. While the SSA may use reports and analyses 

prepared by others, the source selection decision shall represent the 

SSA's independent judgment. The source selection decision shall be 

documented, and the documentation shall include the rationale for any 

business judgments and tradeoffs made or relied on by the SSA, including 

benefits associated with additional costs. Although the rationale for 

the selection decision must be documented, that documentation need not 

quantify the tradeoffs that led to the decision.