52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options.
Prescription and Applicability
FAR Prescription, 17.208(a)
(a) Insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.217-3, Evaluation Exclusive of Options, in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause and does not include one of the provisions prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section.
DFARS Supplementary Guidance, 217.208
Sealed bid solicitations shall not include provisions for evaluations of options unless the contracting officer determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised (10 U.S.C. 3206(e)). This limitation also applies to sealed bid solicitations for the contracts excluded by FAR 17.200.
Current Text
52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options.
As prescribed in 17.208(a), insert a provision substantially the same as the following in solicitations when the solicitation includes an option clause and does not include one of the provisions prescribed in 17.208 (b) or (c):
Evaluation Exclusive of Options (APR 1984)
The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by including only the price for the basic requirement; i.e., options will not be included in the evaluation for award purposes.
(End of provision)
[48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 87 FR 49503, Aug. 10, 2022]
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