[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR2903.104-5]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                     CHAPTER 29--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
Sec. 2903.104-5  Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid 

or proposal information and source selection information.

    (a) Government employees serving in the following positions are 
authorized access to proprietary or source selection information, but 
only to the extent necessary to perform their official duties:
    (1) Personnel participating in technical evaluation panels (i.e., 
source selection board) or personnel evaluating an offeror's or bidder's 
technical or cost proposal under other competitive procedures, and 
personnel evaluating protests.
    (2) Personnel assigned to the contracting office.
    (3) The initiator of the procurement request (to include the 
official having principal technical cognizance over the requirement).
    (4) Small business specialists.
    (5) Personnel assigned to the Office of the Solicitor.
    (6) Personnel assigned to the Department of Labor's Division of Cost 
Determination and the Defense Contract Audit Agency.
    (7) Personnel assigned to the Division of Acquisition Management 
Services.
    (8) Members of the Procurement Review Board.
    (9) The Office of the Inspector General.
    (10) Other Government employees authorized by the contracting 
officer.
    (11) Supervisors, at any level, of the personnel listed in this 
paragraph (a).
    (b) The originator of information that may be source selection 
information must consult with the contracting officer or the procurement 
officer, who must determine whether the information is source selection 
information. DOL personnel responsible for preparing source selection 
information as defined in FAR 2.101 must assure that the material is 
marked with the legend in FAR 3.104-4 at the time the material is 
prepared.
    (c) Unless marked with the legend ``SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION--
SEE FAR 3.104-4,'' draft specifications, purchase descriptions, and 
statements of work could erroneously be released during a market survey 
in order to determine the capabilities of

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potential competitive sources (see FAR 7.1 and FAR 10).