TITLE 48 - FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 3 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBCHAPTER C - CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES

PART 315 - CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION

315.306 - Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.

  (d) Exchanges with offerors after establishment of the competitive range. The contracting officer and project officer should discuss the uncertainties and/or deficiencies that are included in the technical evaluation report for each proposal in the competitive range. Technical questions should be developed by the project officer and/or the technical evaluation panel and should be included in the technical evaluation report. The management, past performance and cost or price questions should be prepared by the contracting officer with assistance from the project officer and/or panel as required. The method of requesting offerors in the competitive range to submit the additional information will vary depending on the complexity of the questions, the extent of additional information requested, the time needed to analyze the responses, and the time frame for making the award. However, to the extent practicable, all questions and answers should be in writing. Each offeror in the competitive range shall be given an equitable period of time for preparation of responses to questions to the extent practicable. The questions should be developed so as to disclose the ambiguities, uncertainties, and deficiencies of the offeror.