Planning and solicitation requirements

In preparing for the procurement of property or services, the head of an agency shall— Each solicitation under chapter 137 legacy provisions shall include specifications which— For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the type of specification included in a solicitation shall depend on the nature of the needs of the agency and the market available to satisfy such needs. Subject to such needs, specifications may be stated in terms of— In addition to the specifications described in subsection (a), a solicitation for sealed bids or competitive proposals (other than for a procurement for commercial products or commercial services using special simplified procedures or a purchase for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold) shall at a minimum include— a statement of— in the case of sealed bids— in the case of competitive proposals— In prescribing the evaluation factors to be included in each solicitation for competitive proposals, the head of an agency— shall disclose to offerors whether all evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are— If the head of an agency issues a solicitation for multiple task or delivery order contracts under section 3403(d)(1)(B) of this title for the same or similar services and intends to make a contract award to each qualifying offeror— if, pursuant to subparagraph (A), cost or price to the Federal Government is not considered as an evaluation factor for the contract award— In paragraph (3), the term “qualifying offeror” means an offeror that— Nothing in this section prohibits an agency from—