[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR814.404-1]



[Page 176-177]

 

            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 8--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

PART 814_SEALED BIDDING--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart 814.4_Opening of Bids and Award of Contract

 

Sec. 814.404-1  Cancellation of invitations after opening.



    (a) A copy of each invitation for bids which is canceled as provided 

for in FAR 14.404-1, together with the abstract showing to whom such 

bids were sent, will be filed in a separate folder identified by the 

invitation number. Invitations for bids which result in no bids being 

received will be handled in like manner. In each instance the abstract 

will be annotated to show why an award was not made. These folders will 

be retained for the current and two succeeding fiscal years.

    (b) The authority to approve cancellation of invitations for bid 

after



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opening and the authority to approve the acquisition after cancellation 

as provided in FAR 14.404-1(e) is delegated to the head of the 

contracting activity. The contracting officer will submit a D&F to the 

head of the contracting activity for signature.



[49 FR 12599, Mar. 29, 1984, as amended at 51 FR 23068, June 25, 1986; 

52 FR 28560, July 31, 1987; 63 FR 69219, Dec. 16, 1998]