[Comments on Proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation]

B-207910: Published: Aug 27, 1982. Publicly Released: Aug 27, 1982.

Additional Materials:

Contact:

Office of Public Affairs
(202) 512-4800
youngc1@gao.gov

GAO was asked to comment on proposed sections of a Federal Acquisition Regulation relating to small business and small disadvantaged business concerns. GAO found that a limitation on the Small Business Administration's (SBA) investigation of a firm's responsibility was too restrictive and recommended that the section be revised to allow SBA to investigate any element of responsibility under its authority. GAO recommended that a second proposed section be reworded to indicate that modifications beyond the scope of contracts are not normally appropriate. Regarding a third section about post-bid-opening matters, GAO stated that the determination involved was a matter of bidder eligibility rather than responsiveness and recommended revised wording. GAO recommended that another proposed section should provide that a contracting officer perform a cost analysis of a firm's proposal when he is unable to estimate fair market price. A final suggested revision was that a proposed section be reworded to encourage, rather than discourage, a contracting officer to conduct a preaward survey if it is considered useful.

Sep 25, 2020

Sep 23, 2020

Sep 10, 2020

Sep 8, 2020

Aug 31, 2020

Aug 27, 2020

Aug 19, 2020

Jul 9, 2020

Looking for more? Browse all our products here