[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: 48CFR34.005-1]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 34_MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart 34.0_General

 

Sec. 34.005-1  Competition.



    (a) The program manager shall, throughout the acquisition process, 

promote full and open competition and sustain effective competition 

between alternative major system concepts and sources, as long as it is 

economically beneficial and practicable to do so. Notice of the proposed 

acquisition shall be given the broadest and most effective circulation 

practicable throughout the business, academic, and Government 

communities. Foreign contractors, technology, and equipment may be 

considered when it is feasible and permissible to do so.

    (b) The contracting officer should time solicitation issuance and 

contract award to maintain continuity of concept development during the 

transition from withdrawing concept proposer to new contractor.



[48 FR 42351, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1744, Jan. 11, 1985; 

50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985]