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Title 48Federal Acquisition Regulations SystemPart / Section
Chapter 1Federal Acquisition Regulation1 – 99
Subchapter CContracting Methods and Contract Types13 – 18
Part 15Contracting by Negotiation15.000 – 15.609
15.000Scope of part.
15.001Definitions.
15.002Types of negotiated acquisition.
Subpart 15.1Source Selection Processes and Techniques15.100 – 15.102
15.100Scope of subpart.
15.101Best value continuum.
15.101-1Tradeoff process.
15.101-2Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
15.101-3Tiered evaluation of small business offers.
15.102Oral presentations.
Subpart 15.2Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information15.200 – 15.210
Subpart 15.3Source Selection15.300 – 15.308
15.300Scope of subpart.
15.301 [Reserved]
15.302Source selection objective.
15.303Responsibilities.
15.304Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
15.305Proposal evaluation.
15.306Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
15.307Proposal revisions.
15.308Source selection decision.
Subpart 15.4Contract Pricing15.400 – 15.408
Subpart 15.5Preaward, Award, and Postaward Notifications, Protests, and Mistakes15.501 – 15.509
Subpart 15.6Unsolicited Proposals15.600 – 15.609