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Federal Acquisition Regulation

Sealed Bidding

FAR 14

Scope of part (FAR 14.000) Scope of part. Subpart Use of Sealed Bidding (FAR 14.1) - Use of Sealed Bidding Elements of sealed bidding (FAR 14.101) Elements of sealed bidding. [Reserved] (FAR 14.102) [Reserved] Policy (FAR 14.103) Policy. 14.103-1 General. 14.103-2 Limitations. Types of contracts (FAR 14.104) Types of contracts. Solicitations for informational or planning purposes (FAR 14.105) Solicitations for informational or planning purposes. Subpart Solicitation of Bids (FAR 14.2) - Solicitation of Bids Preparation of invitations for bids (FAR 14.201) Preparation of invitations for bids. 14.201-1 Uniform contract format. 14.201-2 Part I—The Schedule. 14.201-3 PartII-Contract clauses. 14.201-4 PartIII-Documents, exhibits, and other attachments. 14.201-5 PartIV-Representations and instructions. 14.201-6 Solicitation provisions. 14.201-7 Contract clauses. 14.201-8 Price related factors. 14.201-9 Simplified contract format. General rules for solicitation of bids (FAR 14.202) General rules for solicitation of bids. 14.202-1 Bidding time. 14.202-2 [Reserved] 14.202-3 Bid envelopes. 14.202-4 Bid samples. 14.202-5 Descriptive literature. 14.202-6 Final review of invitations for bids. 14.202-7 Facsimile bids. 14.202-8 Electronic bids. Methods of soliciting bids (FAR 14.203) Methods of soliciting bids. 14.203-1 Transmittal to prospective bidders. 14.203-2 Dissemination of information concerning invitations for bids. 14.203-3 Master solicitation. Records of invitations for bids and records of bids (FAR 14.204) Records of invitations for bids and records of bids. Presolicitation notices (FAR 14.205) Presolicitation notices. [Reserved] (FAR 14.206) [Reserved] Pre-bid conference (FAR 14.207) Pre-bid conference. Amendment of invitation for bids (FAR 14.208) Amendment of invitation for bids. Cancellation of invitations before opening (FAR 14.209) Cancellation of invitations before opening. Qualified products (FAR 14.210) Qualified products. Release of acquisition information (FAR 14.211) Release of acquisition information. Economic purchase quantities (supplies) (FAR 14.212) Economic purchase quantities (supplies). Subpart Submission of Bids (FAR 14.3) - Submission of Bids Responsiveness of bids (FAR 14.301) Responsiveness of bids. Bid submission (FAR 14.302) Bid submission. Modification or withdrawal of bids (FAR 14.303) Modification or withdrawal of bids. Submission, modification, and withdrawal of bids (FAR 14.304) Submission, modification, and withdrawal of bids. Subpart Opening of Bids and Award of Contract (FAR 14.4) - Opening of Bids and Award of Contract Scope of subpart (FAR 14.400) Scope of subpart. Receipt and safeguarding of bids (FAR 14.401) Receipt and safeguarding of bids. Opening of bids (FAR 14.402) Opening of bids. 14.402-1 Unclassified bids. 14.402-2 Classified bids. 14.402-3 Postponement of openings. Recording of bids (FAR 14.403) Recording of bids. Rejection of bids (FAR 14.404) Rejection of bids. 14.404-1 Cancellation of invitations after opening. 14.404-2 Rejection of individual bids. 14.404-3 Notice to bidders of rejection of all bids. 14.404-4 Restrictions on disclosure of descriptive literature. 14.404-5 All or none qualifications. Minor informalities or irregularities in bids (FAR 14.405) Minor informalities or irregularities in bids. Receipt of an unreadable electronic bid (FAR 14.406) Receipt of an unreadable electronic bid. Mistakes in bids (FAR 14.407) Mistakes in bids. 14.407-1 General. 14.407-2 Apparent clerical mistakes. 14.407-3 Other mistakes disclosed before award. 14.407-4 Mistakes after award. Award (FAR 14.408) Award. 14.408-1 General. 14.408-2 Responsible bidder-reasonableness of price. 14.408-3 Prompt payment discounts. 14.408-4 Economic price adjustment. 14.408-5 [Reserved] 14.408-6 Equal low bids. 14.408-7 Documentation of award. 14.408-8 Protests against award. Information to bidders (FAR 14.409) Information to bidders. 14.409-1 Award of unclassified contracts. 14.409-2 Award of classified contracts. Subpart Two-Step Sealed Bidding (FAR 14.5) - Two-Step Sealed Bidding General (FAR 14.501) General. Conditions for use (FAR 14.502) Conditions for use. Procedures (FAR 14.503) Procedures. 14.503-1 Step one. 14.503-2 Step two.

In this section

Use of Sealed BiddingFAR 14.1Solicitation of BidsFAR 14.2Submission of BidsFAR 14.3Opening of Bids and Award of ContractFAR 14.4Two-Step Sealed BiddingFAR 14.5

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