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FAR 52.214-3 — Amendments to Invitations for Bids.

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52.214-3 Amendments to Invitations for Bids.

Type: Provision

Prescribed in: 14.201-6(b)

Current version date: DEC 2016

Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Version

A revised version of this clause has been published under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (EO 14275). The RFO version supersedes the eCFR text below for contracts using the RFO FAR model. The RFO text is not duplicated here; see the clause page for a side-by-side comparison: https://part52.dev/clause/52-214-3/#rfo

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 14.201-6(b)

(b) Insert in all invitations for bids the provisions at-

(1) 52.214-3, Amendments to Invitations For Bids; and

(2) 52.214-4, False Statements in Bids.

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

52.214-3 Amendments to Invitations for Bids.

As prescribed in 14.201-6(b)(1), insert the following provision:

Amendments to Invitations for Bids (DEC 2016)

(a) If this solicitation is amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged.

(b)(1) Bidders shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment to this solicitation—

(i) By signing and returning the amendment;

(ii) By identifying the amendment number and date in space provided for this purpose on the form for submitting a bid;

(iii) By letter;

(iv) By facsimile, if facsimile bids are authorized in the solicitation; or

(v) By email, if email bids are authorized in the solicitation.

(2) The Government must receive the acknowledgement by the time and at the place specified for receipt of bids.

(End of provision)

[53 FR 43394, Oct. 26, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 48990, Nov. 28, 1989; 67 FR 13056, Mar. 20, 2002; 81 FR 83099, Nov. 18, 2016]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.214-3