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FAR 52.214-25 — Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding.

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52.214-25 Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding.

Type: Provision

Prescribed in: 14.201-6(t)

Current version date: APR 1985

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 14.201-6(t)

(t) Insert the provision at 52.214-25, Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding, in invitations for bids issued under step two of two-step sealed bidding.

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

52.214-25 Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding.

As prescribed in 14.201-6(t), insert the following provision:

Step Two of Two-Step Sealed Bidding (APR 1985)

(a) This invitation for bids is issued to initiate step two of two-step sealed bidding under subpart 14.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) The only bids that the Contracting Officer may consider for award of a contract are those received from bidders that have submitted acceptable technical proposals in step one of this acquisition under __ [ the Contracting Officer shall insert the identification of the step-one request for technical proposals ].

(c) Any bidder that has submitted multiple technical proposals in step one of this acquisition may submit a separate bid on each technical proposal that was determined to be acceptable to the Government.

(End of provision)

[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1747, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.214-25