Collapse to view only 15.000 - 15.000 Scope of part.
- 15.000 - 15.000 Scope of part.
- 15.001 - 15.001 Definitions.
- 15.002 - 15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition.
- SUBPART 15.1 - Subpart 15.1—Source Selection Processes and Techniques
- SUBPART 15.2 - Subpart 15.2—Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information
- SUBPART 15.3 - Subpart 15.3—Source Selection
- SUBPART 15.4 - Subpart 15.4—Contract Pricing
- SUBPART 15.5 - Subpart 15.5—Preaward, Award, and Postaward Notifications, Protests, and Mistakes
- SUBPART 15.6 - Subpart 15.6—Unsolicited Proposals
15.000 - 15.000 Scope of part.
This part prescribes policies and procedures governing competitive and noncompetitive negotiated acquisitions. A contract awarded using other than sealed bidding procedures is a negotiated contract (see 14.101).
15.001 - 15.001 Definitions.
As used in this part—
Deficiency is a material failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level.
Proposal modification is a change made to a proposal before the solicitation closing date and time, or made in response to an amendment, or made to correct a mistake at any time before award.
Proposal revision is a change to a proposal made after the solicitation closing date, at the request of or as allowed by a contracting officer, as the result of negotiations.
Weakness means a flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. A “significant weakness” in the proposal is a flaw that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.
15.002 - 15.002 Types of negotiated acquisition.
(a) Sole source acquisitions. When contracting in a sole source environment, the request for proposals (RFP) should be tailored to remove unnecessary information and requirements; e.g., evaluation criteria and voluminous proposal preparation instructions.
(b) Competitive acquisitions. When contracting in a competitive environment, the procedures of this part are intended to minimize the complexity of the solicitation, the evaluation, and the source selection decision, while maintaining a process designed to foster an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of offerors' proposals, leading to selection of the proposal representing the best value to the Government (see 2.101).