41 U.S.C. § 3701 Basis of Award and Rejection

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 41 U.S.C. § 3701

(a) AWARD.-An executive agency shall evaluate sealed bids and competitive proposals, and award a contract, based solely on the factors specified in the solicitation.

(b) REJECTION.-All sealed bids or competitive proposals received in response to a solicitation may be rejected if the agency head determines that rejection is in the public interest.

Cite as 41 U.S.C. § 3701

Source: Pub. L. 111-350, §3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3770.

current through 5/22/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Revised <para>Section</para> </TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>3701(a)</TD> <TD>41:253b(a).</TD> <TD>June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, §303B(a), (b), as added Pub. L. 98-369, title VII, §2711(a)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1179; <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1994" actaltid="103-355">Pub. L. <actid>103-355</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1994" actaltid="103-355">title I, §<actsec>1061</actsec>(c)(1), Oct. 13, <sessionyear>1994</sessionyear></actseccitation>, 108 Stat. 3267.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>3701(b)</TD> <TD>41:253b(b).</TD> <TD/> </TR> </TABLE>

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

USE OF LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS

Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, §880, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1909, as amended by Pub. L. 116-92, div. A, title VIII, §806(a)(2), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1485, provided that:

"(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.-It shall be the policy of the United States Government to avoid using lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria in circumstances that would deny the Government the benefits of cost and technical tradeoffs in the source selection process.

"(b) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.-Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 13, 2018], the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require that, for solicitations issued on or after the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria are used only in situations in which-

"(1) an executive agency is able to comprehensively and clearly describe the minimum requirements expressed in terms of performance objectives, measures, and standards that will be used to determine acceptability of offers;

"(2) the executive agency would realize no, or minimal, value from a contract proposal exceeding the minimum technical or performance requirements set forth in the request for proposal;