Federal Acquisition Regulation
Contracting with individual pool members
FAR 9.703
(a) Pool members may submit individual offers, independent of the pool. However, the contracting officer shall not consider an independent offer by a pool member if that pool member participates in a competing offer submitted by the pool. (b) If a pool member submits an individual offer, independent of the pool, the contracting officer shall consider the pool agreement, along with other factors, in determining whether that pool member is a responsible prospective contractor under subpart Responsible Prospective Contractors (FAR 9.1) .
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