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Title 48 → Chapter 1 → Subchapter C → Part 14 → Subpart 14.4 → §14.406 |
Title 48: Federal Acquisition Regulations System
PART 14—SEALED BIDDING
Subpart 14.4—Opening of Bids and Award of Contract
14.406 Receipt of an unreadable electronic bid.
If a bid received at the Government facility by electronic data interchange is unreadable to the degree that conformance to the essential requirements of the invitation for bids cannot be ascertained, the contracting officer immediately shall notify the bidder that the bid will be rejected unless the bidder provides clear and convincing evidence—
(a) Of the content of the bid as originally submitted; and
(b) That the unreadable condition of the bid was caused by Government software or hardware error, malfunction, or other Government mishandling.
[60 FR 34738, July 3, 1995]