[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: 48CFR9.206-3]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 9_CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart 9.2_Qualifications Requirements

 

Sec. 9.206-3  Competition.



    (a) Presolicitation. If a qualification requirement applies to an 

acquisition, the contracting officer shall review the applicable QPL, 

QML, or QBL or other identification of those sources which have met the 

requirement before issuing a solicitation to ascertain whether the 

number of sources is adequate for competition. (See 9.204(a) for duties 

of the agency activity responsible for establishment of the 

qualification requirement.) If the number of sources is inadequate, the 

contracting officer shall request the agency activity which established 

the requirement to--

    (1) Indicate the anticipated date on which any sources presently 

undergoing evaluation will have demonstrated their abilities to meet the 

qualification requirement so that the solicitation could be rescheduled 

to allow as many additional sources as possible to qualify; or

    (2) Indicate whether a means other than the qualification 

requirement is feasible for testing or demonstrating quality assurance.



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    (b) Postsolicitation. The contracting officer shall submit to the 

agency activity which established the qualification requirement the 

names and addresses of concerns which expressed interest in the 

acquisition but are not included on the applicable QPL, QML, or QBL or 

identified as meeting the qualification requirement. The activity will 

then assist interested concerns in meeting the standards specified for 

qualification (see 9.202(a) (2) and (4)).



[50 FR 35476, Aug. 30, 1985, as amended at 60 FR 34737, July 3, 1995]