52.214-18 Preparation of Bids—Construction.
Prescription and Applicability
FAR Prescription, 14.201-6(l)
(l) Insert the provision at 52.214-18, Preparation of Bids-Construction, in invitations for bids for construction work.
DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 214.201-6
(2) Use the provisions at 252.215-7007, Notice of Intent to Resolicit, and 252.215-7008, Only One Offer, as prescribed at 215.371-6 and 215.408(3), respectively.
Current Text
52.214-18 Preparation of Bids—Construction.
As prescribed in 14.201-6(l), insert the following provision:
Preparation of Bids—Construction (APR 1984)
(a) Bids must be (1) submitted on the forms furnished by the Government or on copies of those forms, and (2) manually signed. The person signing a bid must initial each erasure or change appearing on any bid form.
(b) The bid form may require bidders to submit bid prices for one or more items on various bases, including—
(1) Lump sum bidding;
(2) Alternate prices;
(3) Units of construction; or
(4) Any combination of subparagraphs (1) through (3) above.
(c) If the solicitation requires bidding on all items, failure to do so will disqualify the bid. If bidding on all items is not required, bidders should insert the words no bid in the space provided for any item on which no price is submitted.
(d) Alternate bids will not be considered unless this solicitation authorizes their submission.
(End of provision)
[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 55 FR 25531, June 21, 1990]
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