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FAR 52.215-5 — Facsimile Proposals.

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52.215-5 Facsimile Proposals.

Type: Provision

Prescribed in: 15.209(e)

Current version date: OCT 1997

Prescription and Applicability

FAR Prescription, 15.209(e)

(e) The contracting officer shall insert the provision at 52.215-5, Facsimile Proposals, in solicitations if facsimile proposals are authorized (see 15.203(d)).

DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 215.209

(a) For source selections when the procurement is $100 million or more, contracting officers should use the provision at FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors--Competitive Acquisition, with its Alternate I.

Current Text

52.215-5 Facsimile Proposals.

As prescribed in 15.209(e), insert the following provision:

Facsimile Proposals (OCT 1997)

(a) Definition. Facsimile proposal, as used in this provision, means a proposal, revision or modification of a proposal, or withdrawal of a proposal that is transmitted to and received by the Government via facsimile machine.

(b) Offerors may submit facsimile proposals as responses to this solicitation. Facsimile proposals are subject to the same rules as paper proposals.

(c) The telephone number of receiving facsimile equipment is: [ insert telephone number ].

(d) If any portion of a facsimile proposal received by the Contracting Officer is unreadable to the degree that conformance to the essential requirements of the solicitation cannot be ascertained from the document—

(1) The Contracting Officer immediately shall notify the offeror and permit the offeror to resubmit the proposal;

(2) The method and time for resubmission shall be prescribed by the Contracting Officer after consultation with the offeror; and

(3) The resubmission shall be considered as if it were received at the date and time of the original unreadable submission for the purpose of determining timeliness, provided the offeror complies with the time and format requirements for resubmission prescribed by the Contracting Officer.

(e) The Government reserves the right to make award solely on the facsimile proposal. However, if requested to do so by the Contracting Officer, the apparently successful offeror promptly shall submit the complete original signed proposal.

(End of provision)

[62 FR 51261, Sept. 30, 1997]

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Reference: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-48/section-52.215-5