[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: 48CFR17.206]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 17_SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart 17.2_Options

 

Sec. 17.206  Evaluation.



    (a) In awarding the basic contract, the contracting officer shall, 

except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, evaluate offers for 

any option quantities or periods contained in a solicitation when it has 

been determined prior to soliciting offers that the Government is likely 

to exercise the options. (See 17.208.)

    (b) The contracting officer need not evaluate offers for any option 

quantities when it is determined that evaluation would not be in the 

best interests of the Government and this determination is approved at a 

level above



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the contracting officer. An example of a circumstance that may support a 

determination not to evaluate offers for option quantities is when there 

is a reasonable certainty that funds will be unavailable to permit 

exercise of the option.



[53 FR 17858, May 18, 1988]