TITLE 48 - FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 18 - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

SUBCHAPTER C - CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES

PART 1815 - CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION

1815.305 - 70 - Identification of unacceptable proposals.

  (a) The contracting officer shall not complete the initial evaluation of any proposal when it is determined that the proposal is unacceptable because: (1) It does not represent a reasonable initial effort to address the essential requirements of the RFP or clearly demonstrates that the offeror does not understand the requirements; (2) In research and development acquisitions, a substantial design drawback is evident in the proposal, and sufficient correction or improvement to consider the proposal acceptable would require virtually an entirely new technical proposal; or (3) It contains major eficiencies or omissions or out-of-line costs which discussions with the offeror could not reasonably be expected to cure.

  (b) The contracting officer shall document the rationale for discontinuing the initial evaluation of a proposal in accordance with this section.

[63 FR 9954, Feb. 27, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 44408, Aug. 19, 1998]