[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 48CFR24.202]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 24_PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart 24.2_Freedom of Information Act

 

Sec. 24.202  Prohibitions.



    (a) A proposal in the possession or control of the Government, 

submitted in response to a competitive solicitation, shall not be made 

available to any person under the Freedom of Information Act. This 

prohibition does not apply to a proposal, or any part of a proposal, 

that is set forth or incorporated by reference in a contract between the 

Government and the contractor that submitted the proposal. (See 10 

U.S.C. 2305(g) and 41 U.S.C. 253b(m).)

    (b) No agency shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to 

15.403-3(b) that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act. (See 10 U.S.C. 2306a(d)(2)(C) and 41 U.S.C. 

254b(d)(2)(C).)

    (c) A dispute resolution communication that is between a neutral 

person and a party to alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and 

that may not be disclosed under 5 U.S.C. 574, is exempt from disclosure 

under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3)).



[62 FR 257, Jan. 2, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 

FR 58594, Oct. 30, 1998; 68 FR 56689, Oct. 1, 2003]